DelFest, the annual event hosted by Del McCoury, is often described as a bluegrass festival, even though only a minority of the acts are traditional bluegrass bands. Many a casual observer assumes ...

The sound of bluegrass music filled the air Saturday during the Fiddle Fest and Southeastern Fiddle Championship at Shelton State Community College. The festival featured arts, crafts, food vendors, a ...

As the second of his two ferocious sets headed into the home stretch Friday evening, Billy Strings and his band gathered around a single microphone and uncorked the instrumental fire and vocal ...

LOWELL — The green grass at Boarding House Park will feature bluegrass this weekend as the 41st annual Lowell Banjo and Fiddle Contest will challenge pickers and delight visitors. The Saturday, Sept.

It was a busy weekend for bluegrass golden child Billy Strings, who took his winter tour to the Ball Arena in Denver for three concerts, beginning on Friday, Jan. 24, and lasting nightly till Sunday, ...

In a sign of changing times, three of the six winners in the instrumentalist of the year categories were women. By Paul Grein Billy Strings won entertainer of the year for the third year in a row at ...

Billy Strings performs in 20,000-capacity arenas with just five things: guitar, banjo, mandolin, fiddle and bass. There’s not even a drummer in the band, so good luck pulling off a “We Will Rock ...

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 ...

PITTSBURGH ― Just when you think he can't strum his guitar any faster, Billy Strings digs deeper within and finds an even faster gear. Strings' supersonic yet smooth shredding electrified Tuesday's ...

With two solo records to his name, Billy Strings sits as a principal player in modern bluegrass. Rolling Stone bestowed upon him titles such as “prodigy” and “the bluegrass star you don’t want to miss ...

Any Southern native, or transplant for that matter, has a general idea of what a fiddle is. You've no doubt heard your mama or your neighbor remark that they're feeling "fit as a fiddle." Zenas ...