In the early days of bluegrass music, two companies were largely responsible for creating that sound – Martin, for its guitars, and Gibson, for its mandolins and banjos. Even today, bluegrass ...

The music drifted down from Appalachia, from the front porches of English and Scottish immigrants who plucked and strummed the string instruments of their homelands. Along the way, someone added ...

Sam Bush has covered about all the acoustic music ground one could imagine.He has collaborated with virtually every prominent bluegrass picker there is, played and recorded with country superstars, ...

With so many bluegrass and jamgrass acts breaking out lately, it’s essential that a band distinguishes themselves. While Greensky Bluegrass rely on traditions as well as a modern jamming take on the ...

Bluegrass fans say the mountain-inspired music helps kids understand history—and themselves. In the Atlanta suburb where 13-year-old Sarah Schneider lives, the instrument tucked under her chin is ...

At Boston's Berklee College of Music, a school founded as an incubator of jazz and steeped in the syntax of cool, the pluck of the banjo was a sound disdained. The bluegrass instrument was considered ...

Bluegrass season officially opens this week – so grab your gun and get a banjo in your sites.The Telluride Bluegrass Festival runs through Sunday, June 20. Closer to home, the Aspen Skiing Co.’s ...

Despite their name, Greensky Bluegrass is not your typical bluegrass band (a point that is more often than not addressed when discussing their music). They’re a fully acoustic five-member outfit: no ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The Christian Science Church, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The Church publishes the Monitor ...

Every June, the Telluride Bluegrass Festival brings out many of the same performers, and the same fans, for four days of fun (usually) in the sun surrounded by some of the most beautiful scenery in ...