Fred Bartenstein knows Charley Pennell’s massive database, Bluegrass Discography, will likely never reach the mainstream. “It’s more of a needle in a haystack than a flashing neon sign in Times Square ...

I listen to these three bluegrass songs now, and they are so good that I will keep listening to them well into my old age.

As he engages in internal ciphering to determine the elapsed time since his career switched from the traditionally minded country music he took to the top of the charts during the ’80s back to the ...

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, ...

When Christopher Kearney gets on stage with The Coal Town Rounders, he says he feels invigorated by the energy of the music. And though the band’s sound, which is distinctly bluegrass, might not be ...

For the bluegrass world, the big news of 2001 will be the grand opening in the fall of the International Bluegrass Music Museum in Owensboro, Ky. It's been a long time coming. It was 1988 when the ...

Front Royal, Virginia is the place to be this weekend if you dig bluegrass or Americana music. The ninth annual Appaloosa Music Festival returns to Skyline Ranch this Saturday and Sunday. WTOP caught ...