OWENSBORO, Ky. (AP) - The Blue Grass Boys are getting back together. More than 70 embers of the band fronted by Bill Monroe, the father of bluegrass music, are set to reunite in June at the River of ...

LEXINGTON, Ky. (WKYT) — A cultural festival honoring diversity, a celebration of Lexington’s neighborhoods and musicians and a way to support our veterans, all in the Weekend Roundup. The Spirit in ...

Leeds Center launches Bluegrass University for ages 11-18 in Winchester, KY. Weekly classes teach band skills, harmony and stage confidence. Program aims to preserve Kentucky bluegrass amid genre's ...

Concertgoers and tourists approaching the Ryman Auditorium from 5th Avenue are greeted by a statue and historic plaque celebrating the father of bluegrass, Bill Monroe. The Tennessee Historical ...

Kentucky—known for being the home of horse racing, bourbon, and bluegrass. However, it is also home to some of the biggest names to have ever made it in country music. If one is familiar with the ...

Two major summer entertainment events are headed to downtown Owensboro, expanding the live music and visitor experiences ...

The crisp, lightning-fast finger-picking sounds of Earl Scruggs’ bluegrass classic, “Foggy Mountain Breakdown,” emanate from the banjo played by Chris Joslin. The distinctive ringing twang reaches the ...

The Bill Monroe Bluegrass Festival, the nation's longest-running bluegrass festival, returns June 17-20 to Bill Monroe's ...

Bluegrass music is one of, if not the oldest genre of music in the United States. Given its longevity it has graced every facet of the music industry in some way, shape, or form; whether it be ...

When guitarist Tony Rice died on Christmas Day in his North Carolina home, bluegrass music bade farewell to a second-generation star who expressed his music in modern terms and embraced bluegrass’s ...

On the surface, there might seem to be a world of difference between jazz and bluegrass music. Jazz is predominantly urban and often deals with relatively complex structures, chords and key changes.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A bluegrass music legend who also penned hits for some of country music’s biggest stars died Sunday following a motorcycle crash ...