Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Six bluegrass guitarists you need to hear. From the iconic roots planted by Bill Monroe to innovators like Billy Strings and Molly ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Jerry Garcia in in 1974, a year before the release of his groundbreaking bluegrass album with musicians like Peter Rowan. - Credit ...

Acoustic superstar Molly Tuttle shows you how to start playing bluegrass guitar like a pro – from essential licks to core techniques. In this video she examines common beginner's mistakes, shows you ...

In his mid-teens, Billy Strings was the lead guitarist in a Grand Rapids, Michigan, prog-rock band called A Day of Moments. He was a high school dropout and hadn’t touched an acoustic guitar in years.

While the official line is that bluegrass music was born in 1939 when mandolin maestro Bill Monroe called his band the Blue ...

Even as a toddler, Billy Strings seemed to understand bluegrass. "When he was in his highchair, and I had a friend over and we were playing one day, I looked over and he's right in rhythm with his ...

Since attending a Dave Matthews Band concert as a teenager, Jason has been into all things guitar. An Iowa native, Jason has degrees in Music Business from Minnesota State-Mankato and Jazz Pedagogy ...

Bluegrass legend Tony Rice died on Christmas Day at age 69. To properly memorialize his prowess and spirit, Variety turned to one of his truest acolytes and a recognized contemporary great — Chris ...

Legendary bluegrass guitarist Tony Rice died at his home in North Carolina on Dec. 25. He was 69. Former collaborator and longtime friend Ricky Skaggs released a statement on behalf of Rice's widow ...

The artist’s path is an increasingly tangled one in the year 2025, but for guitarists, it’s not so complicated. While money and adulation are fine intentions, a true six stringer needs but one thing ...

The young musical duo Souvik Hazra and Subhankar Dhar’s ideation behind their band Grassy Strings goes a long way. Ever since ...

Tony Rice, one of the leading lights of bluegrass music since the 1970s, and a 2013 inductee into the International Bluegrass Music Association Hall of Fame, died suddenly on Christmas Day. He was 69.