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 ...

The banjo keeps rolling along in 16th notes, the mandolin cuts sharply into the rhythm, and yet, there are no drums anywhere.

Bill Monroe, the founding father of bluegrass music, died on September 9, 1996, just four days shy of his 85th birthday.

Bluegrass music is one of, if not the oldest genre of music in the United States. Given its longevity it has graced every facet of the music industry in some way, shape, or form; whether it be ...

A master improviser on banjo, he understood the genre’s roots but was also in the forefront of the later “newgrass” movement. By Bill Friskics-Warren Eddie Adcock, a virtuoso banjo and guitar player ...

The Bluegrass Hall of Fame member played fast without sacrificing the genre's melodic core, and improvised with a sense of humor. By Steve Knopper In 1968, while square-dancing during his boss Bill ...

Amid the halls of the Kenan Music Building, the sounds of mandolins, banjos, fiddles and guitars can be heard as the Carolina Bluegrass Band brings rich, locally-rooted bluegrass music to life. The ...

The Red Mountain Boys are prolific, to say the least. The Colorado Springs-based bluegrass supergroup has only been together since 2019 but has produced more than 100 original songs to date. Even ...

Now in his 80s, Bobby Hicks is a 10-time Grammy-winning fiddler and was a key figure in Bill Monroe’s Bluegrass Boys. Known for adding a fifth string to the fiddle, Hicks pioneered a bluegrass style ...

The artist’s path is an increasingly tangled one in the year 2025, but for guitarists, it’s not so complicated. While money and adulation are fine intentions, a true six stringer needs but one thing ...

He and his brother, Bobby, pioneered a style of three-part harmony singing that broke with bluegrass tradition. He was also an influential banjo player. By Bill Friskics-Warren NASHVILLE — Sonny ...