When guitarist Tony Rice died on Christmas Day in his North Carolina home, bluegrass music bade farewell to a second-generation star who expressed his music in modern terms and embraced bluegrass’s ...

Bluegrass is inherently collaborative. Rooted in folk music, the genre relies on standards that have been covered countless times over the years. It makes sense that some of the best bluegrass albums ...

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Most music festivals on Long Island choose to focus on rock, jam bands, blues or country. But there’s only one that spotlights bluegrass, the music genre that mixes acoustic instruments with ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... The 43rd annual RockyGrass festival at Planet Bluegrass in Lyons, Colorado, provided everything from traditional bluegrass to newer style acoustic music ...

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 ...

Bluegrass musician Dick Neal plays 5-string banjo, guitar and mandolin. He writes songs and produces CD recordings for other artists. Dick’s songs have been recorded by many singers, and his music ...

Bluegrass aficionados will be tickled pink that PBS is running “Big Family: The Story of Bluegrass Music” and devoting two hours to their favorite music. And before it’s over, they’ll be confused. Why ...