On the face of it, they're not much alike—Rosanne Cash, Southern California-raised and, for the past two decades, an urbane singer-songwriter based in Manhattan; and Ricky Skaggs, raised in Eastern Kentucky and since the '90s a leading purveyor and proponent of traditional bluegrass, based just north of Nashville in Hendersonville, Tenn. But look closer and you see the parallels. Read More
Bring your guests to see Southern Lights, now a time honored tradition that lights up the Kentucky Horse Park with a blazingly cheerful glow. Read More
2009-11-23 17:59:26 - Acoustic quintet from Northern California and Pacific Northwest migrates to the (615) to record with legendary musician/producer, veteran of Jerry Lee Lewis and Johnny Cash. SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. — Read More
For a singer-songwriter associated with the Grateful Dead, Jim Lauderdale is surprisingly unknown in Marin County, the Dead's longtime home base. Read More
Doyle Lawson, who started playing the mandolin at age 11 in his native Tennessee, returns with his gospel band, Quicksilver, as a headliner on Nov. 28. Read More
Bluegrass at its finest is coming to Statesboro Friday. Read More
Bluegrass fans -- and those who just enjoy good music -- are in for a treat when The Seldom Scene takes the stage at the Strasburg Theater on Nov. 20. Read More
NASHVILLE, Tenn. Ricky Skaggs doesn't mind saying so. Read More
Any CD album that begins with a haunting Uzbek-influenced trumpet and percussion backup on Ralph Stanley's gospel classic, "Keys to the Kingdom," and ends with Willie Nelson strumming a stunningly unaffected and heartfelt acoustic version of "Blowin' in the Wind," goes straight to platinum on my charts. Read More
You can satisfy your hankerin' for fine fiddlin' and guitar pickin' — and try some tasty home brewin' — at Brewgrass, the sixth annual bluegrass and microbrew celebration Friday and Saturday at five downtown honky-tonks. Read More
Born in Stratton, VA, in 1927, Ralph Stanley and his older brother Carter formed the Stanley Brothers and Read the full Ralph Stanley bio.