The Fiddle and the Drum has been decades in the making.

Fiddle players are often at the center of bluegrass music, taking on the role of the lead instrument. Before Bill Monroe became the so-called Father of Bluegrass, he was influenced by other musicians ...

Renée Fleming and 19x Grammy-winning banjo virtuoso Béla Fleck have unveiled their new collaborative album, The Fiddle and the Drum. Listen to it now.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Fans of bluegrass and old-time fiddle music will be in heaven this weekend in Tuscaloosa. The 2025 Fiddle Fest and Southeastern ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — From the age of four, Michael Cleveland has always wanted to play music. His grandparents took him to his first bluegrass shows as a young child and for him it was love at first note ...

With a bluegrass concert and dance series this weekend and the 19 th Midwinter Singing Festival next weekend, Ten Pound Fiddle is heating up the cold winter days. At 7:30 p.m., on Friday, Jan. 26, ...

POPLAR BLUFF, MO-- Luke Medley is a master of the Bluegrass bass fiddle. He not only plays them, he makes them too. He's an architect of sorts, still working to design and build the perfect bass ...

Pat Kay plays banjo with his band the Kay Brothers Traditional bluegrass music is a melting pot. It has roots in Appalachian, Celtic and jazz music, and musicologists trace the origins of the banjo ...

The Lehigh Valley has become a melting pot of musical genres that run the gamut from rock and punk to heavy-metal and hip-hop. But there is one genre that continues to go strong, despite not having ...

Bluegrass fiddle player and singer-songwriter Sara Watkins first found fame with the band Nickel Creek and counts Levon Helm and Garrison Keillor among her fans. But can she help Emma John improve her ...

The 11th annual Yeehaw Junction Bluegrass Festival and Fiddle Championship opens at 4 p.m. Thursday at the Desert Inn, 5570 S. Kenansville Road, Yeehaw Junction. The event, which will feature Rhonda ...

His updated version of an old-timey approach enhanced recordings by everyone from Bill Monroe to the Rolling Stones. By Bill Friskics-Warren Byron Berline, the acclaimed bluegrass fiddle player who ...