The modern bluegrass revival might not have happened if not for Hot Rize, the members of whom met each other through the Denver Folklore Center in the mid-’70s. Kindred spirits in their appreciation ...

Bluegrass and mass popularity are not a common match; they never have been. However, what bluegrass has that most popular musicians don’t have is a devout and incredibly steadfast cult following.

Hot Rize made a promise in 1978: The band would commit to one summer. “People didn’t really know much about bluegrass,” said the band’s Pete “Dr. Banjo” Wernick. “We would warn the crowd that they ...

Alan Jackson's sonic sojourn launches atop Bluegrass Albums and at No. 3 on Top Country Albums. Plus, moves for Luke Bryan, Jason Aldean and Blake Shelton. By Wade Jessen Six months after scoring his ...

The acclaimed bluegrass band Hot Rize will be on its first tour since the 1990s when they headline Friday night’s show at IBMA. hotrize.com Hot Rize became a critical and fan favorite in the late ...

It’s official! Hot Buttered Rum, a five-piece bluegrass band from San Francisco (of all places!), is now more popular than the après-ski cocktail of the same name. At least, the group finally shows up ...

The new picking sounds of an old bluegrass favorite will roll through the mountains of Keystone on Saturday, as Hot Rize headlines the 17th annual Keystone Bluegrass and Beer Festival at River Run ...

Hot Texas Bluegrass Burrito is bluegrass without fuss or pretension, rumbling across the Texas Hill Country’s rugged limestone rises. The group assembled for this outing of Two High represents a who’s ...

Geoff Union is talking bluegrass from his backyard in Louisville. Over the sound of chirping birds and the roar of an occasional plane from the nearby Rocky Mountain Metropolitan Airport in Broomfield ...

The Bluegrass Express, Rhonda Vincent's famous tour bus decorated front-to-back with signs for Martha White baked goods, which she enthusiastically endorses, rolled into the Bay Area late Wednesday ...