Ricky Skaggs can imagine the look his old friend Bill Monroe might have had on his face if he were alive today to see the bluegrass world celebrate his legacy. "He would get out of the car and have ...

Bill Monroe transmuted childhood tragedy into an entirely new genre of music. The original singer of the popular Elvis Presley hit “Blue Moon of Kentucky,” Monroe blended “Scottish bagpipes and ...

Bill Monroe, known as the "Father of Bluegrass Music," was born 100 years ago this week in rural Kentucky. He influenced early country music and rock 'n' roll, as well as the hard-driving, ...

Rinzler Fieldwork: Stanley Brothers at the New River Ranch, 9/7/58 (with Pete Roberts); ; Bill Monroe and the Bluegrass Boys (Monroe with Jack Cooke, Joe Stuart, Bessie Lee Mauldin, Kenny Baker) ...