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 ...

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 ...

Sometimes you have to enjoy the string music. These are three modern artists who are carrying the torch of classic bluegrass.

Every Wednesday night, on the eighth floor of Dodge Hall, a soft banjo sound envelops the hallways as students gather for weekly rehearsal. This is the setting of James Kerr’s bluegrass ensemble ...

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 ...

Even though the result is something that's maybe hard to put a label on, it comes from bluegrass. And all of us grew up with bluegrass to some extent. And we're really comfortable with that music, and ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. GRAHAM, N.C. — Music is sacred, especially ...