Yes. In the hills west of Los Angeles — not all that far from the rock ‘n’ roll glam of Sunset Boulevard, and even closer to the home base of the Guitar Center — the fiddle is alive and well. So is ...

AGOURA – Donning straw hats and lugging banjos, guitars and fiddles, thousands of bluegrass, country and folk music fans packed the Santa Monica Mountains Sunday for a foot-stompin’ jam session. Music ...

LOWELL — Beth Eldridge’s favorite fiddle song is a crooked three-part in the key of A. And one of the only times she plays it with her husband Woody Pringle is at the Banjo & Fiddle Contest in Lowell.

There's nothing more American than the banjo and fiddle, mostly because the twangy instruments were introduced by the people who made this country what it is: immigrants. Old-time fiddle tunes, ...

LEWISBURG — Carnegie Hall announced Wednesday the return of its Appalachian Heritage music series with two eight‑week classes ...

When my longtime friend, Fiddlin’ Ted Fenstermacher, from Macungie, called me to play a banjo-fiddle gig with him, I readily agreed. There’s something about the sound of just an acoustic banjo and ...

LOWELL — Folding chairs clogged the halls of Lowell High School Saturday. The sound of string instruments bounced off blue lockers. Toes tapped. Knees bounced. Heads bobbed. Players of all ages and ...

Canadian banjo player Allison de Groot had been getting a lot of notice and gaining a lot of fans when she was part of the Winnipeg-based country-bluegrass-folk quartet Oh My Darling. But a move south ...

DOSWELL, Va. (AP) — The State Fair of Virginia is seeking banjo players and fiddlers for a contest. The fair’s open and youth fiddle and banjo contests will be held on Oct. 4 in the Triple Crown ...

Kenny Kosek has announced the highly anticipated follow-up to his 1997 solo record, Angelwood, by divulging details and sharing notes regarding the Sept. 6 release of Twisted Sage. The forthcoming ...

FLOYD -– It is Friday evening, and music fills the air. Catty-corner from the courthouse, a few steps down from the county’s only traffic light, people converge on an old country store. A woman lugs ...