The stringed instrument was a part of the Yamboree long before the carnival rides and vendors ever showed up. Tropical Storm Melissa update as "catastrophic" conditions to hit in hours Scientists ...

TRIBUTES have poured in for a “talented fiddle player” who died in Sweden last week. Geraldine Guerin, who was from Freemount in Co Cork but lived in Lund in Sweden, passed away last Thursday.

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- When fiddle player Jongsu Yoon told a friend who studied in Cleveland that he was performing at the Cleveland Museum of Art, the friend was incredulous. “Lie!” Yoon said his friend ...

Love a good house show, but looking for something different? Enter Belltower, a student indie bluegrass band. Formed on the University of Oregon campus, Belltower brings a different sound to the local ...

The 36th annual International Bluegrass Music Association Awards show felt a little different this go-round. Sure, the annual gathering of the genre overtook Chattanooga, Tennessee, for the first time ...

The biggest night in bluegrass, IBMA’s Bluegrass Music Awards, has resulted in Billy Strings’ fourth title as Entertainer of the Year. The coveted status resumes the musician’s previous three-peat ...

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Louisiana-born Owen Reeves has a photograph of himself as a toddler in a car seat with a little toy guitar. "Both sides of my family played music," he said. Indeed, his father played professionally as ...

LOWELL — Dozens gathered in and around the Merrimack Repertory Theatre Saturday for the Lowell Summer Music Series’ 44th annual Banjo & Fiddle Contest. The contest brought musicians from all over the ...

SHEFFIELD — Growing up in London, fiddle player Kevin Burke received the best education in Irish traditional music that anyone could ask for. When Burke came of age in the 1960s, the influx of Irish ...

LOWELL — Boarding House Park will be the site of many jam sessions throughout the day Saturday as the Lowell Summer Music Series’ Banjo & Fiddle Contest returns for the 44th year. The free event ...

MISSOURI — Junior Mariott, 59, of Marshfield, was crowned the winner at the Missouri State Fiddling Championship at the state fair this month. For him, it’s another opportunity to keep one of Missouri ...