In the early days of bluegrass music, two companies were largely responsible for creating that sound – Martin, for its guitars, and Gibson, for its mandolins and banjos. Even today, bluegrass ...

NASHVILLE -- Bluegrass legend and banjo pioneer Earl Scruggs, who helped profoundly change country music with Bill Monroe in the 1940s and later with guitarist Lester Flatt, has died. He was 88.

Mark Hickler seems an unlikely fan of bluegrass and American roots music. But get the self-described “Yankee” talking, and you’ll see it’s in his very soul. “There’s so much power in that music,” he ...

Start tuning your instrument and reading tablature to learn beginner banjo songs and roll this easy bluegrass banjo chord song. So you always wanted to play bluegrass banjo, eh? You picked up a nice ...

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CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. The banjo in American music was traditionally associated with bluegrass and old-time until the early 1970s when Tony Trischka spearheaded a ...

STURTEVANT -- The Route 20 Bluegrass Jam is for anyone and everyone who sings and/or plays a bluegrass instrument: guitar, banjo, fiddle, mandolin, bass or dobro! They jam on the 1st and 3rd Thursday ...