Earl Scruggs’ seminal 1949 instrumental “Foggy Mountain Breakdown” placed the banjo front and center in the bluegrass genre. Along with guitarist partner Lester Flatt, Scruggs recorded more than 50 ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Hugh McIntyre covers music, with a focus on the global charts. Chris Stapleton is one of the most successful musicians in country ...

Martin tells PEOPLE the traditional medley is "a raw tale of married life" ...

A song performed for decades by white musicians began as a work song by Black men building the Western North Carolina ...

Fifty-three years ago today, Erick Weissberg was at the top of the country chart with an album he didn't know he had released ...

Celebrated soprano Renée Fleming and Grammy-winning banjo virtuoso Béla Fleck have announced The Fiddle and the Drum, a ...

A Plainfield musician wrote and performed a deeply personal song for John Angle while he was in hospice care facing terminal ...

The love story between psychedelic rock and India started long before 'Norwegian Wood', and Bobby Gillespie was a fan.

Yonder Mountain String Band, known for blending rock and bluegrass, releases a new album and plays Savannah Music Festival.

Killer instrumentals, swaggering rap and gentle folk are all on the menu in this month’s edition of Local Frequency.

SAN DIEGO — Is AI an invaluable tool for musicians — or an existential threat? Controversy about new technology has been a ...

Old Crow Medicine Show returns to its roots, playing early albums in stripped-down shows, including a stop at Savannah Music ...