Hardly Strictly Bluegrass returned to San Francisco's Golden Gate Park this weekend, celebrating its 25th year with three days of free music and familiar joy. Founded in 2001 by the late financier and ...

Bluegrass aficionados recognize the pivotal role of banjo instrumentation in crafting its vibrant sound. While instruments like fiddles, upright basses, guitars, and mandolins contribute significantly ...

A featured player on “Hee Haw” and a member of the famed Stoneman Family, she was the first woman to play modern bluegrass banjo on a phonograph record. By Bill Friskics-Warren Bill Friskics-Warren ...

GALAX, Va. — Ellie Massey, 13, stands inside a giant, yellow tent with dozens of other contestants and practices singing the gospel tune, "I'll Fly Away." Her grandfather, Jim Coleman, and uncle, ...

What would you pay to see dozens of great live acts, hailing from a wide range of musical genres, perform in one of the most beautiful historic settings in all of Northern California? Probably a lot, ...

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 ...

Banjo prodigy Gabe Hirshfeld has passed away. The Berklee College of Music graduate, known for his co-founding of The Lonely ...

It all began in 2001 with love and a dream: a financier’s love of bluegrass and his vision of hosting a free concert in San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park. The first festival took place in October 2001, ...

A renowned bluegrass musician who calls Springfield home has received international recognition. Springfield resident Alan Munde, a bluegrass musician who specializes in the banjo, was recently ...