“Bluegrass is very community-based,” says mandolinist Patrick Kerrigan Fitzsimons, one of the founders of the academy. “You don’t need fancy equipment. You just carry your instrument, sit in a circle ...

REPORTER: Lark in the Morning was founded in 1974 as a mail order store by Mickie Zekley. Over the next couple of decades, ...

A local family band recently turned heads in an international music competition. The Society for the Preservation of Bluegrass Music of America, based in Nashville, presented its ...

Garth Brooks, arguably the most successful country music artist of all time, celebrates his 63rd birthday today, Feb. 7.

The beautiful and enchanting butterfly called the Africa Cup of Nations emerged from its chrysalis in Khartoum, Sudan, under the presidency of Abdelaziz Salem, an Egyptian, with three countries—Egypt, ...

Banjo, fiddle, and harmonizing voices carried through Dante’s Paradiso Wine Pub Jan. 31, as ice clinked in cocktail-filled ...

When Peyton Byrns enrolled at the Kentucky Center for Traditional Music at Morehead State University, his primary instrument was traditional acoustic guitar. After visiting Broadway in downtown ...

Janice “Jan” Stevenson, age 71, departed this life on Dec. 30, 2025, at her home (Custer Care and Rehab) in Custer, South Dakota, with several family members close at hand. She was predeceased by her ...

When they performed together, Locke played banjo while West played a custom washboard instrument she created and named Ernie, after actor Ernest Borgnine. The instrument included bongos, cowbells and ...

JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (WJHL) — For Carmen Richardson, the road to her recent heroics was paved with the quiet lessons of ...

It’s an old story now — some eight-nine years have since passed, after all — but it’s certainly worth revisiting because it’s one about perseverance and the steadfast belief in chasing a dream. And, ...

The World Music Institute will present SOLAS's 30th Anniversary Concert at Sony Hall, featuring original members and new talents in a blend of traditional and contemporary Celtic music.