The Advocate

Steep Canyon Rangers' Barrett Smith: 'If bluegrass music is going to survive, it has to adapt.'

Grounded in tradition through they are, Barrett Smith and his fellow Steep Canyon Rangers nonetheless see bluegrass as a ...

CT-born bluegrass star has a hit album with Steve Martin and an upcoming gig at The Kate

Bluegrass has always been a music by and for the masses. One of the pioneers of the feel-good fast-pickin’ genre in the 1940s ...
WUNC

The subtle differences between old-time and bluegrass music

This Friday and Saturday, Raleigh Wide Open is taking over the streets of our state's capital. The festival is a celebration of American roots music ranging from gospel to folk and also features arts, ...
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Alison Krauss & Union Station, Billy Strings Lead 2025 IBMA Bluegrass Music Awards Nominees

Alison Krauss & Union Station, Billy Strings and the Alison Brown/Steve Martin/Tim O'Brien collaboration "5 Days Out, 2 Days Back" lead the slate of nominees for the 2025 IBMA Bluegrass Music Awards, ...
Colorado Public Radio

Colorado is getting its first band in the Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame

The Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame opened in Owensboro, Ky., in 1991. Since its founding, musicians from 20 states, plus Washington, D.C., have been inducted. But the inductees have largely been from ...
Rolling Stone

Billy Strings Wins IBMA Entertainer of the Year: ‘I Haven’t Abandoned Bluegrass’

The 36th annual International Bluegrass Music Association Awards show felt a little different this go-round. Sure, the annual gathering of the genre overtook Chattanooga, Tennessee, for the first time ...