"I felt, in writing this piece, that there was an openness, or a kind of a renewed freshness, I had working with music materials, because I was working in a new form. It took out all the cobwebs in ...

After 23 years of playing bluegrass, I figured there were few things left about the music that could truly surprise me. But finding out “Angeline the Baker,” one of my favorite fiddle tunes, was ...

A solid bluegrass musician should be well versed in the bluegrass catalog. That catalog being the list of decades old tunes all bluegrass musicians will dig into, whether those musicians are seasoned ...

LOWELL — Beth Eldridge’s favorite fiddle song is a crooked three-part in the key of A. And one of the only times she plays it with her husband Woody Pringle is at the Banjo & Fiddle Contest in Lowell.

Jubilantly playing her fiddle, 16-year-old Alani Sugar entertained library patrons with guitarist Greg Fury, of Olney. “I love that she’s so young and enthusiastic,” said Kathy Martin, of Eldersburg. ...

His updated version of an old-timey approach enhanced recordings by everyone from Bill Monroe to the Rolling Stones. By Bill Friskics-Warren Byron Berline, the acclaimed bluegrass fiddle player who ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... The 43rd annual RockyGrass festival at Planet Bluegrass in Lyons, Colorado, provided everything from traditional bluegrass to newer style acoustic music ...