This is FRESH AIR. Del McCoury leads one of the most popular and respected bands in bluegrass music, The Del McCoury Band, which includes his son Rob on banjo and son Ronnie on mandolin. A singer and ...

Someone must have declared this bluegrass week with the Del McCoury band and Alison Krauss back-to-back on my docket. But who could pass up the opportunity to see the legendary octogenarian Del ...

The Del McCoury Band, headed by 66-year-old patriarch Del McCoury, is back on tour to promote their new release, The Company We Keep. The album, released under the family’s new record label, McCoury ...

Editor’s note: Due to unforeseen circumstances, this concert has been rescheduled to October 16, 2022. Doors will open at 5 p.m. and the show will start at 6 p.m. Original ticket purchases will be ...

At 83, bluegrass legend Del McCoury is still going strong. The secret, he says, is to keep it fun. His Del McCoury Band will play The Burl on Friday. Provided Few things will restore faith in living ...

Nominees for the 2022 Bluegrass Music Awards include red-hot newcomers alongside tried-and-true lifetime pickers. The 2022 Bluegrass Music Awards take place Sept. 29 in Raleigh, North Carolina.

Del McCoury is a rock star. Bluegrass, like jazz, exists on the periphery of popular music. It possesses all of the elements that make popular music popular, melody, harmony, rhythm, beat, time, and ...

When Del McCoury needs a new song, he doesn't enlist a cohort of co-writers or entrust one of Music Row's famed publishing houses. He goes to the mailbox. Songwriters — from Canada to California and, ...

Del McCoury is the patriarch of the musical McCoury family and has been one of the most respected musicians on the Bluegrass scene for decades. In this session, we explore Del's reflections about Bill ...

McCoury's been prominent in bluegrass since the 1960s, when he performed in Bill Monroe's Bluegrass Boys. His new album, with sons Rob and Ronnie,... Bluegrass musician Del McCoury explores love gone ...

McCoury's been prominent in bluegrass since the 1960s, when he performed in Bill Monroe's Bluegrass Boys. His new album, with sons Rob and Ronnie, in an energetic work that also takes a dark turn.