Bluegrass aficionados recognize the pivotal role of banjo instrumentation in crafting its vibrant sound. While instruments like fiddles, upright basses, guitars, and mandolins contribute significantly ...

Originating with enslaved Africans, the banjo is now being reclaimed by Black musicians in contemporary music ...

Steve Martin teams with Alison Brown for a unique bluegrass cover of 'Old Town Road' featuring legendary artists.

When he was three years old, Jerry Douglas heard the groundbreaking banjo licks of Earl Scruggs on the turntable each morning during breakfast at his childhood home in northeastern Ohio. “And we’d ...

Bela Fleck and My Bluegrass Heart provided a night of expansive and creative acoustic music at the Performing Arts Center in ...

J.D. Crowe, an award-winning bluegrass banjoist, who helped establish the careers of country stars Ricky Skaggs and Keith Whitley in the 1970s and whose recordings with the Bluegrass Album Band ...

One of the most interesting points about bluegrass music is that it continues to evolve without losing sight of its roots. Just consider the annual DelFest, founded by bluegrass great Del McCoury.

Drawing on rock and R&B, Mr. Crowe recast the sound of bluegrass while helping launch the careers of some of the genre’s biggest stars. By Bill Friskics-Warren J.D. Crowe, a master banjo player and ...