This Friday and Saturday, Raleigh Wide Open is taking over the streets of our state's capital. The festival is a celebration of American roots music ranging from gospel to folk and also features arts, ...

WITH US. LOOKING AHEAD THIS SATURDAY, THE YADKIN AT BLUEGRASS AND OLD TIME MUSIC CONVENTION RETURNS. IT WILL BE HELD ALL DAY INSIDE OF YADKINVILLE ELEMENTARY, AND YOU DO STILL HAVE TIME TO REGISTER TO ...

JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (WJHL) Homecoming Week 2022 at East Tennessee State University will include a homecoming four decades in the making for the university’s legendary Bluegrass, Old-Time and Roots ...

Bluegrass came into being, at least in our modern understanding of the genre, alongside recorded music. That means we have recordings from the earliest bluegrass stars up until now. Rest assured, ...

OLD TIME CONVENTION WAS HELD THIS AFTERNOON, BRINGING AN OLD STYLE OF MUSIC TO LIFE. MUSIC FANS OF ALL AGES HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO PERFORM AND COMPETE IN FRONT OF A LIVE AUDIENCE. THE YADKIN ARTS ...

One of the most interesting points about bluegrass music is that it continues to evolve without losing sight of its roots. Just consider the annual DelFest, founded by bluegrass great Del McCoury.

Early this year, a 22-year-old bluegrass guitar player named Jake Eddy contacted clarinet player Andy Statman and asked him if he'd like to play bluegrass music together. Jon Kalish has this story ...

Jul. 15—TAZEWELL, Va. — Clear summer weather and historic cabins were the backdrop Friday for vintage music as the Tazewell County Old Time and Bluegrass Fiddlers' Convention got underway at the ...

JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (WJHL) — It was 1946, and while bluegrass legend Bill Monroe was making a big name for himself in Nashville, a man named James Stanton was planting some very important roots of the ...

Streaming services are helping revive America’s most old-fashioned, undigital genre. Charley Crockett, a rising star in the roots-music field, performing in Nashville, Ind., in May.Credit...Kristine ...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — When Big Ears starts in Knoxville on March 21, people in the city will be surrounded by music of all kinds. It will echo through the Old City and across the downtown area, and among ...