Bill Monroe didn’t invent bluegrass music, but he refined it and is the person most often referred to as the “Father of Bluegrass.” The classic instrumentation includes upright bass, banjo, fiddle, ...
Sarah Ellis, a 10-year-old fiddler from Chrisman, Ill., says she likes performing bluegrass with the Coon Holler Kids because the music “is really fast, and I get to sing harmony.” By contrast, ...