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 ...

Bluegrass and country band Backwoods will be performing at Mitchell Opera House on May 6 at 7 p.m. Coming from southern Indiana, Backwoods finds traditional bluegrass as their inspiration and plays ...

J.D. Crowe, a banjo player who helped define the instrument for generations of bluegrass fans, died Friday, his family announced on Facebook. “This morning at around 3 a.m, our dad, JD Crowe, went ...

Eric Thompson, guitar ; Mac Benford, banjo and lead vocals ; Sandy Bradley, harmony vocals. Production notes: "Recorded at 1750 Arch St. Studio, Berkeley, Calif. by ...

One of the sounds most synonymous with the South is the twang of a banjo—barely edged out by the thrum of cicadas or the honeyed cadence of the Southern drawl itself. But this distinctive instrument ...

Plenty of Miamians badmouth the city’s putrid local music scene (oops, there we go again). But South Florida Bluegrass Association, which holds monthly concerts, has played music in the backwoods of ...