Multiple stringed instrument players and musical performers from across the country came together to downtown Owensboro this weekend, playing the likes of banjo, guitar and mandolin tunes during the ...

When lightning struck, Buddy Merriam listened. Merriam, 58, who lives in Sound Beach, has made a living as a bluegrass musician for the past 30 years - a career launched after lightning hit a neck ...

The Englert Theater welcomed duo Mandolin Orange Tuesday night, as well as opening act Kate Rhudy. They played out the evening with cool, ocean-wave folk vibes that echoed throughout the theater.

Frank Wakefield, an innovative bluegrass mandolinist who expanded the instrument’s range, died Friday at his home in Saratoga Springs, N.Y. at the age of 89. With his brother Ralph, Frank Wakefield ...

Wyatt Ellis is only 15, but the mandolin prodigy is making quite a splash on the bluegrass world and appearing alongside some pillars of the genre — Bobby Osborne, Sierra Hull, Sam Bush, Marty Stuart, ...

It's been 60 years since Ricky Skaggs started playing his mandolin, and nearly a half-century since the bluegrass iconoclast performed his first show. Much like a professional athlete who has competed ...

A Meadville bluegrass benefit will set feet a-tapping and banjos a-plucking this weekend for the 38th time. Jugs and washboards could even be in the mix as the 2026 Bluegrass Festival, a fundraiser ...

Plus, get the best of BroadwayWorld delivered to your inbox, and unlimited access to our editorial content across the globe. This season, the regional professional orchestra celebrates 60 years of ...

Sam Bush has covered about all the acoustic music ground one could imagine.He has collaborated with virtually every prominent bluegrass picker there is, played and recorded with country superstars, ...