“I wish Roanoke had more music than just bluegrass and traditional music.” I can’t tell you how many times people have said that to me. I can’t tell you because I’m just a simple country boy who can’t ...

Ronnie Reno had a front-row seat to the greatest era in Roanoke’s bluegrass history. That’s because his dad, the great Don Reno, was the primary reason for the era. A generation of Southwest ...

Now that it's 80 degrees in the shade, it's time to find a patch of grass, stretch out a blanket, stuff a can in a huggie and listen to a little live music. What's that? You say there's no outdoor ...

For this week's edition of the Here & Now DJ Sessions, we sit down with Kinney Rorrer, longtime host of “Back to the Blue Ridge” on WVTF public radio in Roanoke, Virginia. He shares a number of young ...

The first-ever festival features six top-notch bluegrass bands and five food trucks serving different blends of barbecue. It runs 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. Saturday, July 8, at the outdoor amphitheater at ...

Roanoke, Virginia, is a mountain city in the South, but it’s not quiet and it’s by no means sleepy. The city has a culture of fine arts and music that permeates all of downtown. It’s influenced by the ...

ROANOKE, Va. (WDBJ) - Ronnie Reno was already a seasoned musician when his family moved to Roanoke in the late ‘50s, and Don Reno, Red Smiley and the Tennessee Cutups began performing on WDBJ7′s “Top ...

Join us for the 15th Annual Outer Banks Bluegrass Island Music Festival this October! This year's stellar includes the Punch Brothers, The Infamous Stringdusters, Sierra Hull and many more! Artists: ...

ROANOKE, Va. — It’s dinner time and Dan Tyminski of Union Station has that vacant look college athletes sometimes get when surrounded too long by reporters. Since recording the Grammy-winning “I Am a ...