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 ...

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 ...

Aaron Castilla is a 21-year-old fiddling and mandolin bluegrass sensation who lives in Spokane Valley. Later this month he leaves for California where he’s landed a gig with a respected touring ...

He was a stone-faced fireplug the day I met him, too shy to look me in the eye, too shy to crack even the slightest of smiles. Soon it became obvious, however. There was something special about 8-year ...

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 ...

Apr. 13—Break out your banjos, rosin up your fiddle bows and head out to the Lodi Grape Festival grounds on Tuesday if you want to tap your toes to some down-home bluegrass music. The California ...

With a bluegrass concert and dance series this weekend and the 19 th Midwinter Singing Festival next weekend, Ten Pound Fiddle is heating up the cold winter days. At 7:30 p.m., on Friday, Jan. 26, ...

This tune is thelead single to from her upcoming studio album, Distance And Time, which will be released on July 17. It also marks her third release on Dark Shadow Recording. It is upbeat, catchy, and ...

A group of musicians perform on the Sunflower stage at the 2015 Kansas State Fiddling and Picking Championships in Lawrence. The event returns this weekend to South Park. The 38th annual Kansas State ...

Bulletin: ...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 9 AM EDT FRIDAY... * WHAT...Temperatures as low as 33 will result in frost formation. * WHERE...Portions of ...

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 ...