One of the biggest stars in today’s country scene, songwriter-guitarist Chris Stapleton is a great example of an artist who not only writes great songs but great guitar parts too. Whereas many modern ...

GRANVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) — It's a style of music that includes a stand-up bass, the banjo, the mandolin, the guitar, and the fiddle. It has been passed down for generations. Now, someone is taking ...

Mark Merryman had long been into the sound of acoustic string instruments. But bluegrass didnt become a particular interest until Merryman discovered the joys of parking lot picking.Merryman, a native ...

Phyliss Donnelly started playing the mandolin five years ago, the year of her first Podunk. She’s returned to the Connecticut bluegrass festival every year since, improving her mandolin-picking along ...

Google honored banjo-picking bluegrass legend Earl Scruggs with its Google Doodle on Friday. Scruggs, who pioneered a musical style known as the “Scruggs style” which became integral to bluegrass, ...

The iconic banjo player, who played with Bill Monroe and Lester Flatt, developed a picking technique which defined the sound of bluegrass music.... Bluegrass Legend Earl Scruggs Has Died Banjo player ...

What’s an old picker to do but keep on picking? And maybe picking up some new tricks and new friends along the way?Following are reviews of recent CDs by bluegrass and folk artists of a certain ...

Tyler Grant is one hard-driving musician. If he’s not teaching guitar lessons online through his ArtistWorks academy or guiding a bluegrass-themed rafting trip in Colorado or Utah, he’s probably on ...