Bluegrass, which sounds as old as the hills, actually was invented in the 1940s by Monroe, Scruggs, Flatt, Chubby and a handful of other Southern boys. They played acoustic string instruments (fiddle, ...

POPLAR BLUFF, MO-- Luke Medley is a master of the Bluegrass bass fiddle. He not only plays them, he makes them too. He's an architect of sorts, still working to design and build the perfect bass ...

Mar. 11—Acoustic musicians are coming to Owensboro on Saturday from 12 states — as far away as Colorado — to compete in the 48th Official Kentucky State Fiddle Championship at the Bluegrass Music Hall ...

NPR's Liane Hansen speaks with fiddler Darol Anger, who teams up with several talented young modern bluegrass players for a new CD that evokes music from around the globe. "Republic of Strings" by ...

John James of Tannersville performs on fiddle (from left) alongside John Updike of Stroudsburg (banjo), Jim Schaffer of Emmaus (bass) and Neil Morris of Nazareth (guitar), as they rehearse before a ...

There’s never been a better time to be young and rootsy. Today’s new crop of bluegrass and string-band musicians is younger and more accomplished than any batch of musicians since the teenage days of ...

Mar. 21—When Ivy Phillips and her brother were home-schooled, her mother enrolled her in music lessons, and the power of music took hold. Phillips, who now teaches music full-time, made the drive from ...

Sixteen-year-old George Portz, left, became the youngest winner of a state open fiddle championship in 1969. He died Jan. 9 after more than 50 years playing bluegrass music. Provided George Portz was ...

NPR's Liane Hansen speaks with fiddler Darol Anger, who teams up with several talented young modern bluegrass players for a new CD that evokes music from around the globe. "Republic of Strings" by ...

The Pocono Bluegrass & Folk Society will hold a shindig and at noon Sunday at Pocono Plaza Inn, 1220 Main St., Stroudsburg. During the event, the society will also hold the 35th annual Ron Nauman ...

Her fiddle packed away, Molly Knudson, 10, of Deerfield Beach settles down under a tree to a game of checkers with a pal named Crissy. Nearby, babies lie contentedly in playpens and across their ...