DelFest, the annual event hosted by Del McCoury, is often described as a bluegrass festival, even though only a minority of the acts are traditional bluegrass bands. Many a casual observer assumes ...

It is unwise to bestow upon any one performer the title of “best.” Live music, like any art, is subjective. It’s also a matter of expectations: Metallica puts on a great show, but not if one enters ...

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 ...

If you’ve never seen or heard Billy Strings and his band, you might initially mistake them for a traditional bluegrass unit. The instruments are what you’d expect—banjo, fiddle, mandolin, bass and ...

Billy Strings took his Winter Tour 2025 to Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena on Friday and Saturday night. The Michigan native turned Music City resident used the regional return as an opportunity to tap ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The sound of bluegrass music filled the air Saturday during the Fiddle Fest and Southeastern Fiddle Championship at Shelton State ...

Like everyone else in her Pittsburgh family, Sue Cunningham was raised playing classical music. But Cunningham, who was trained on violin and played in orchestras from the age of 12, began to see the ...

His core group of bluegrass comrades, including mandolinist and fellow New Grass Revivalist Sam Bush, guitarist Tony Rice, fiddle player Stuart Duncan, bassist Mark Schatz and dobro player Jerry ...

When: Friday through Sunday. Music starts at 3 p.m. each day. Where: Nottingham Park, Avon. Cost: $59 single-day general admission or $129 for a three-day pass, both of which include the daily ...

The sound of bluegrass music filled the air Saturday during the Fiddle Fest and Southeastern Fiddle Championship at Shelton State Community College. The festival featured arts, crafts, food vendors, a ...