Steve Martin, a renowned comedian, is also a celebrated bluegrass musician with six consecutive No. 1 albums. Martin is set to release a new album in 2025 with banjo player Alison Brown, featuring ...
One of the most interesting points about bluegrass music is that it continues to evolve without losing sight of its roots. Just consider the annual DelFest, founded by bluegrass great Del McCoury.
J.D. Crowe, an award-winning bluegrass banjoist, who helped establish the careers of country stars Ricky Skaggs and Keith Whitley in the 1970s and whose recordings with the Bluegrass Album Band ...
Bluegrass music can transport listeners with the instrumental dexterity of the players, as those acoustic guitars, banjos, fiddles, and other back-porch instruments churn away in mesmerizing fashion.
Roni Stoneman, the “first lady of the banjo,” who picked her way into bluegrass and country music history as a member of the Stoneman Family band and found wider fame as an irascible performer on “Hee ...
Bluegrass music legend and Lexington native J.D. Crowe has died. Crowe died early on Dec. 24 at the age of 84, according to Kentucky Country Music Facebook page. His son confirmed Crowe’s death, ...
J.D. Crowe, a banjo player who helped define the instrument for generations of bluegrass fans, died Friday, his family announced on Facebook. “This morning at around 3 a.m,, our dad, JD Crowe, went ...
When people hear the name Paul McCartney, bluegrass probably isn’t the first genre of music to come to mind. But Only Murders in the Building star and musician Steve Martin used his connections to get ...