One hundred two years ago today, one of the most innovative and influential bluegrass musicians in the genre's history was born.

Banjo prodigy Gabe Hirshfeld has passed away. The Berklee College of Music graduate, known for his co-founding of The Lonely ...

J.D. Crowe, a banjo player who helped define the instrument for generations of bluegrass fans, died Friday, his family announced on Facebook. “This morning at around 3 a.m, our dad, JD Crowe, went ...

Bluegrass music legend and Lexington native J.D. Crowe has died. Crowe died early on Dec. 24 at the age of 84, according to Kentucky Country Music Facebook page. His son confirmed Crowe’s death, ...

One of the sounds most synonymous with the South is the twang of a banjo—barely edged out by the thrum of cicadas or the honeyed cadence of the Southern drawl itself. But this distinctive instrument ...

For better or worse, Earl Scruggs will be remembered by most Americans for his banjo picking alongside partner Lester Flatt in a dated 1960s cultural artifact: "The Beverly Hillbillies." For better, ...

Sleepy Man Banjo Boys are a bluegrass band of brothers from New Jersey. The group, comprised of 17-year-old Tommy, 14-year-old Robbie, and 12-year-old Jonny Mizzone, first got into bluegrass thanks to ...

Alison Brown, a Hartford native who now lives in Nashville, returns to Connecticut at the Katharine Hepburn Cultural Arts ...

Grammy award-winning artist J.D Crowe has died at the age of 84. The legendary Bluegrass musician star died early Friday morning, according to a post on the Kentucky Country Music Facebook page.

(OWENSBORO, Ky.)-- A banjo played by folk music icon Pete Seeger during protest rallies in the 1960s has a new home at the International Bluegress Music Museum. California musician Carl Pagter ...