Across genres, music saw a shift in the 1960s. Even a purist-led genre like bluegrass did not go untouched by the decade of freedom, love, and flower power. At a time when purveyors of tradition held ...

Amid the halls of the Kenan Music Building, the sounds of mandolins, banjos, fiddles and guitars can be heard as the Carolina Bluegrass Band brings rich, locally-rooted bluegrass music to life. The ...

In 2004, I was a DJ at a AAA radio station in Wilmington, North Carolina, called The Penguin. One day, I received a package in the mail from a friend who lived in Raleigh, North Carolina. It was a CD ...

Boulder-raised Dylan McCarthy and the other members of Jake Leg are no strangers to the Front Range bluegrass community. McCarthy, the group’s principal songwriter, and his talented bandmates have ...

A few years ago, the members of Blackstrap Bluegrass pulled together a detailed history of their Bend-based string band. At the beginning of the second sentence, it makes a disclaimer: “The memories,” ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- When fiddle player Jongsu Yoon told a friend who studied in Cleveland that he was performing at the Cleveland Museum of Art, the friend was incredulous. “Lie!” Yoon said his friend ...

Former Nitty Gritty Dirt Band member John McEuen considers NGDB’s 1972 double album Will the Circle Be Unbroken to be the bluegrass genre’s version of Dark Side of the Moon, in terms of its staying ...

Members of South Korean bluegrass group Country GongBang performing live, from left, bass player Keeha Song, vocalist and mandolin player Yebin Kim and banjo player Hyunho “Banjo Boy” Jang. The 2018 ...

Love a good house show, but looking for something different? Enter Belltower, a student indie bluegrass band. Formed on the University of Oregon campus, Belltower brings a different sound to the local ...

The first Bloomington Bluegrass Fest will take place May 3 at Upland Brewing Co., featuring eight bands. Mama Said String Band is the headliner, with additional performances by Jan Bell, Rusted String ...