Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. “He called and wanted Earl and Lester to do the theme music,” she said. “And I turned it down at first because of the word ...

While "The Ballad of Jed Clampett" became a big hit, Scruggs’ wife and manager, Louise, almost put a stop to the project. Speaking with NPR in 2003, she recalled showrunner Paul Henning approaching ...

Nashville’s Grand Ole Opry began as a live radio variety show, “The WSM Barn Dance,” broadcast for the first time on Saturday, Nov. 28, 1925, from a downtown studio. Based at the Ryman Auditorium, ...

Listen to a conversation with the virtuoso multi-instrumentalist, vocalist, and bandleader, Ricky Skaggs. Born in Kentucky in 1954, Skaggs has played a central role in shaping modern bluegrass and ...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) — The Tennessee Theatre announced the opening date for it’s 612 Building, which happens to fall on the same night as the newly-announced Old Crow Medicine Show concert at the ...

We mark the 100th anniversary of The Grand Ole Opry, country music’s biggest stage, and feature interviews with two of its members. First up, bluegrass banjo player Earl Scruggs. He and guitarist ...

MILL SPRING—The air was alive with the soulful twang of banjos and the rhythmic strumming of mandolins as the fourth annual Earl Scruggs Music Festival brought world-renowned bluegrass and old-time ...

Following an unprecedented trifecta of shows that saw Daniel Donato celebrate his new album, Horizons, at Grimey’s record store, make his headlining debut at Ryman Auditorium, and return to where it ...

Also a mandolinist, he performed alongside his brother, Jim, in an act that lasted 55 years. He continued performing after his brother’s death. By Bill Friskics-Warren The Earl Scruggs Center, which ...

ROSINE, Ky. (WBKO) -Deep in the rolling hills of Western Kentucky lies the 95-person town of Rosine. The town might be small, but it was there that a young Bill Monroe first began utilizing the ...