POPLAR BLUFF, MO-- Luke Medley is a master of the Bluegrass bass fiddle. He not only plays them, he makes them too. He's an architect of sorts, still working to design and build the perfect bass ...

At age 19, Isaac Rohrbach might be deemed a throwback to the days of old, and not just because he plays an oblong, octagonal upright bass that he made himself to perform in a bluegrass-gospel-country ...

MOBILE, Alabama-- With his flowing white beard, cowboy boots, and down-home humor, Eldon Bryson, 82, plies his trade with easy grace at the Fiddle Shop. “I’m used to stuff being piled up,” he says on ...

Fiddle players are often at the center of bluegrass music, taking on the role of the lead instrument. Before Bill Monroe became the so-called Father of Bluegrass, he was influenced by other musicians ...

For Conor Smith of Quincy, playing music has always been a passion, so when his wife took a job at UMass-Boston, it was an easy decision for the 35-year-old, classically trained violinist to leave a ...

With a bluegrass concert and dance series this weekend and the 19 th Midwinter Singing Festival next weekend, Ten Pound Fiddle is heating up the cold winter days. At 7:30 p.m., on Friday, Jan. 26, ...

The May Valley City Bluegrass Jam Sessions are scheduled for Saturday, May 9 from 11:00 am to 5:00 pm at the Vault Coffee ...