From the iconic roots planted by Bill Monroe to innovators like Billy Strings and Molly Tuttle, bluegrass continues to thrive. The traditions expand, but they never stray far from their foundations.

Bluegrass has always been a music by and for the masses. One of the pioneers of the feel-good fast-pickin’ genre in the 1940s ...

After making an album of all train-related songs and a holiday record, Twin Cities bluegrass band the High 48s took a simple approach to their eighth release, “Daddy Was a Bank Robber,” which they’re ...

Billy Strings may be the most controversial name in bluegrass, playing blazing leads on acoustic and distorted electric guitar, an instrument frowned upon by the genre’s hardcore traditionalists. But ...

In his mid-teens, Billy Strings was the lead guitarist in a Grand Rapids, Michigan, prog-rock band called A Day of Moments. He was a high school dropout and hadn’t touched an acoustic guitar in years.

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

Tony Rice, the master bluegrass picker who drew fans worldwide for the chance to hear the quick, fluid sounds he conjured from his Martin D-28 guitar, has died at age 69. By The Associated Press Tony ...

Tony Rice, known as one of the leading bluegrass music legends of the 1970s, died on Christmas Day at age 69. The International Bluegrass Music Association confirmed the news in a statement provided ...

This segment was rebroadcast on Nov. 29, 2021. Find that audio here. For Billy Strings, accepting a Grammy Award at 28 years old feels unreal. The Michigan-born musician says winning Best Bluegrass ...

A sparsely developed stretch on State Road 44 in East Lake County jams with traffic once a month when musicians jam bluegrass music at the Cassia Community Club. “There’s gotta be some Appalachia down ...

Tony Rice, the master bluegrass picker who drew fans worldwide for the chance to hear the quick, fluid sounds he conjured from his Martin D-28 guitar, has died at age 69. Rice died Friday at his home ...