The music drifted down from Appalachia, from the front porches of English and Scottish immigrants who plucked and strummed the string instruments of their homelands. Along the way, someone added ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In the “bluegrass music capital of the world,” found-metal artist Andy Shoemaker of Medieval Man Studio, is creating a collection ...

RALEIGH (WTVD) -- The Dobro is the instrument that usually grabs people's attention when listening to a bluegrass band. The distinctive sound catches your ear, but it's also the way the instrument is ...

STURTEVANT -- The Route 20 Bluegrass Jam is for anyone and everyone who sings and/or plays a bluegrass instrument: guitar, banjo, fiddle, mandolin, bass or dobro! They jam on the 1st and 3rd Thursday ...

Bluegrass fans say the mountain-inspired music helps kids understand history—and themselves. In the Atlanta suburb where 13-year-old Sarah Schneider lives, the instrument tucked under her chin is ...

Even though the result is something that's maybe hard to put a label on, it comes from bluegrass. And all of us grew up with bluegrass to some extent. And we're really comfortable with that music, and ...

BOONES CREEK, Tenn. (WJHL) — Another Sunday “Bluegrass Jams” session took place at Johnson City Brewing’s Boones Creek location this week. These recurring events are open to the public and have ...

WINCHESTER, Ky. (AP) – Bluegrass musician Homer Ledford, an Appalachian band leader who crafted hundreds of banjos and guitars, died Monday. He was 79. Ledford died of an apparent stroke at his home ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. GRAHAM, N.C. — Music is sacred, especially ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Every June, the Telluride Bluegrass Festival brings out many of the same performers, and the same fans, for four days of fun (usually) in the sun surrounded ...