I can’t remember a life without bluegrass music. It came with living in the Appalachian Mountains — part of our roots, the way I understand it — but I was never confronted head on with this acoustic ...

Bluegrass icon Peter Rowan plays jazz festival Thursday. Was a member of the Old and In the Way with Jerry Garcia. Rowan sees elements of tragedy, and a learning process, in bluegrass. Peter Rowan was ...

When participants arrived at the first-ever Bluegrass Jam Camp in Davis last January, many had never played music with other people before. Two days later, they were performing traditional bluegrass ...

Howard Lloyd Van Winkle started his musical career as a country band leader, playing dives and honky tonks. But the gravel in his voice begged for bluegrass, where his old-timey, traditional sound ...