Ohio County native Bill Monroe's legacy lives on through new generations of pickers.

BRISTOL, Va. (WJHL) — The Appalachian region is recognized as the birthplace of country music, but even before the Bristol Sessions began recording, it was also the origin of a distinct type of soul ...

OHIO COUNTY, Ky. (WEHT) — Bluegrass music is a genre tied to American roots and is known for its high energy, acoustic string ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. CHEYENNE — Bluegrass artist Jim Hurst may not be from the capital city, but he vividly recalls the beauty from his years of ...

MIDDLETOWN — Miami University Regionals Appalachian Studies and Joe Mullins and the Radio Ramblers will celebrate the launch of “Industrial Strength Bluegrass: Southwestern Ohio’s Musical Legacy,” ...

DENTON — As a music genre, bluegrass is quintessential folk art, harkening to the hills and hollows of Appalachia, migrating to the Baltimore-D.C. metro area after World War II and making its mark on ...

In 1974, when he was 10 years old, Sam Karr attended the very first Festival of the Bluegrass. The event triggered a sense of involvement that would bring him back — year after year and, eventually, ...

Tony Rice, one of the leading lights of bluegrass music since the 1970s, and a 2013 inductee into the International Bluegrass Music Association Hall of Fame, died suddenly on Christmas Day. He was 69.