Kevin Slick can thank “The Beverly Hillbillies” for giving him his first taste of bluegrass as a child. The CBS show, which ran from 1962-1971, opened every episode with plucky signature theme music ...

A new wave of talent, led by Strings, Molly Tuttle, Zach Top and others, are redefining a once-niche genre for a whole generation. By Steve Knopper Susto frontman Justin Osborne did not record ...

When it came to playing in musical genres, Aaron Redner and his bandmates didn't want to pick favorites. And by forming the Grateful Bluegrass Boys, they didn't have to. The band merges the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Hunter Skeens strummed his guitar aggressively, tilted his head back and cut loose with a bluegrass howl tinged with rock 'n' roll ...

Like the bluegrass genre itself, Doc Watson’s annual tribute festival to his late son, guitarist/banjo player Eddy Merle Watson, has grown up, spread its wings and taken off. Back in 1987, the first ...

A while back I was attending an iconic bluegrass artist’s concert with a friend. As the night neared its end, my buddy was getting a bit tired after a long run of slower tunes and declared, “OK, let’s ...

In 1953, Bill Monroe, the father of bluegrass music, was driving home to Nashville in the early hours of the morning with his bass player and girlfriend Bessie Mauldin. According to Richard Smith's ...