Bill Monroe, the founding father of bluegrass music, died on September 9, 1996, just four days shy of his 85th birthday.

Wyatt Ellis is only 15, but the mandolin prodigy is making quite a splash on the bluegrass world and appearing alongside some pillars of the genre — Bobby Osborne, Sierra Hull, Sam Bush, Marty Stuart, ...

A bluegrass innovator, he recorded numerous albums as a leader, and his list of collaborators included both Leonard Bernstein and Jerry Garcia. By Bill Friskics-Warren Bill Friskics-Warren reports on ...

The Bluegrass Hall of Fame member played fast without sacrificing the genre's melodic core, and improvised with a sense of humor. By Steve Knopper In 1968, while square-dancing during his boss Bill ...

A beloved presence at Hardly Strictly Bluegrass and on local stages, Jeanie Poling helped nurture San Francisco's bluegrass ...

In his new movie The Rivals of Amziah King (in theaters Aug. 14), McConaughey, 56, strums the mandolin and sings his heart out. As the titular Amziah, a beekeeping expert and musician in his Oklahoma ...

Mandolin Orange is a folk duo comprising songwriter Andrew Marlin (vocals, mandolin, guitar, banjo) and Emily Frantz (vocals, violin, guitar). Marlin and Frantz have produced five albums of original ...

Mandolin Orange, the Americana duo of Andrew Marlin and Emily Frantz, will now be known as Watchhouse. The pair announced their band's name change on Wednesday (April 21). "New music, same us," ...

A local couple invites you to celebrate one of America’s renowned musical genres during a three-day festival. The third ...

“Jewgrass" is the fusion of bluegrass music with Hebrew lyrics and is played by a diverse group of old-time and bluegrass musicians. iStockphoto This Passover, my friend Lester Feder sat at the head ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Mandolin prodigy Wyatt Ellis pairs with Marty Stuart for the new music video "Blue Smoke." - Credit: Laci Mack* Wyatt Ellis is ...