Nov. 21—When speaking to country and bluegrass musician Ricky Skaggs, there are many things to talk about, but not enough time to cover everything. During our conversation, I got to ask him about his ...

Santa Cruz's Painted Mandolin will be joined by Grass Valley's Broken Compass Bluegrass for a night of dancing and jamming ...

Mandolin maestro U. Srinivas, an astonishingly talented Indian artist who brought his Western instrument into the heart of traditional South Indian music, died Sept. 19 in Chennai at age 45. According ...

On Sunday night (Oct. 21), Ricky Skaggs joined the Country Music Hall of Fame, as part of the organization's Class of 2018. His musical mentor, the "Father of Bluegrass," Bill Monroe, died more than ...

Andrew Marlin and Emily Frantz made everything seem so easy, pulling a few acoustic instruments out of their car and, in no time, huddling around a single microphone behind the Tiny Desk. With that, ...

It’s not just the loss of live shows that rocked the multibillion-dollar concert industry this year. It was everything that came with it — industry workers’ livelihoods disappearing, album sales ...

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