The Dead set the stage for generations of jam bands. At the same time, folk, bluegrass, and country music made up the heart of their sound for years. As a result, many high-level country and bluegrass ...

Bluegrass is one of many influencing genres behind modern country music, and quite a few country legends got their musical start in the classic American roots genre. These four legends, in particular, ...

Sierra Ferrell, the rising star alt-country/bluegrass wower, blew into town last week at Campbell Hall, bedecked in a double wide skirt. After her ace band, in hats and vests, warmed up the already ...

Fresh off Billy Strings and Chris Thile’s first collaborative concert, the Grammy-winning bluegrass artists reconvened once again for a television audience as part of CBS Saturday Morning’s Saturday ...

J.T. Shealy has kept Brevard bluegrass fans happy for decades by luring top-name acts in the musical genre, folks like Joe Mullins and The Radio Ramblers, Appalachian Road Show, Little Roy & Lizzy and ...

Public radio WAMU is taking all weekday music -- bluegrass and classic country -- off the air and relegating it to weekends and its new Internet site beginning Monday. After a decades-long presence on ...

Reno and Lake Tahoe have been a magnet for country music acts for decades, and the lineup of big-name performers and up-and-coming artists continues in that tradition to kick off the New Year. From ...

Long before Zach Top’s boots first hit a prime-time awards show stage, Will McSeveney and Norm Olsen knew something the rest of the world would eventually realize. Top’s figurative big brothers in the ...

From now through Thanksgiving and beyond, fans of all types of country music — from Top 40 country to bluegrass to rockabilly to roots-rock — can expect some great entertainment in the Reno-Tahoe area ...