BAYFIELD – Marikay Shellman still revels in her recollections of the early days of the Telluride Bluegrass Festival. “It just wasn’t about money, it was about playing music,” she said, sitting at the ...

BRISTOL, Va. (WJHL) — The Appalachian region is recognized as the birthplace of country music, but even before the Bristol Sessions began recording, it was also the origin of a distinct type of soul ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. CHEYENNE — Bluegrass artist Jim Hurst may not be from the capital city, but he vividly recalls the beauty from his years of ...

By Catherine Van NoyWe live in a region of rich cultural heritage. People involved with the music industry have been aware of that for years. A recent video series completed by a team of collaborators ...

J.D. Crowe, a banjo player who helped define the instrument for generations of bluegrass fans, died Friday, his family announced on Facebook. “This morning at around 3 a.m, our dad, JD Crowe, went ...

As he engages in internal ciphering to determine the elapsed time since his career switched from the traditionally minded country music he took to the top of the charts during the ’80s back to the ...

JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (WJHL) — It was 1946, and while bluegrass legend Bill Monroe was making a big name for himself in Nashville, a man named James Stanton was planting some very important roots of the ...