RALEIGH, N.C. — Doc Watson, the blind Grammy-award winning folk musician whose mountain-rooted sound was embraced by generations and whose lightning-fast style of flatpicking influenced guitarists ...

To borrow and bastardize a well-worn phrase — if you're not grooving, you're standing still. Acoustic flatpicking guitar wizard Larry Keel knows this better than most, having managed to keep grooving ...

Champion guitar player Steve Kaufman likes the room bright when he teaches. And it has nothing to do with the lighting. It has to do with the eyes of his pupils. Kaufman, based out of Maryville, Tenn.

Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. Mandolinist and guitarist Steve Kaufman, the only three-time winner of the National Flatpicking ...

Steve Kaufman, winner of the National Flatpicking Championship on guitar three times, will perform at the Brewery Arts Center (BAC) the evening of Saturday, March 14. Kaufman, a flatpicking wizard in ...