The music drifted down from Appalachia, from the front porches of English and Scottish immigrants who plucked and strummed the string instruments of their homelands. Along the way, someone added ...

In the early days of bluegrass music, two companies were largely responsible for creating that sound – Martin, for its guitars, and Gibson, for its mandolins and banjos. Even today, bluegrass ...

RALEIGH (WTVD) -- The Dobro is the instrument that usually grabs people's attention when listening to a bluegrass band. The distinctive sound catches your ear, but it's also the way the instrument is ...

“ ‘Storyman’ is a nickname a buddy of mine gave me because I have a story for everything,” Bush said. “But more than that, I wanted to make sure I at least cowrote each song on the album.” One of the ...

Bluegrass fans say the mountain-inspired music helps kids understand history—and themselves. In the Atlanta suburb where 13-year-old Sarah Schneider lives, the instrument tucked under her chin is ...

STURTEVANT -- The Route 20 Bluegrass Jam is for anyone and everyone who sings and/or plays a bluegrass instrument: guitar, banjo, fiddle, mandolin, bass or dobro! They jam on the 1st and 3rd Thursday ...

WINCHESTER, Ky. (AP) – Bluegrass musician Homer Ledford, an Appalachian band leader who crafted hundreds of banjos and guitars, died Monday. He was 79. Ledford died of an apparent stroke at his home ...