The Carter Family

Jazz luminary Charlie Haden took no small amount of perverse joy Tuesday night in bringing the old-time country music with which he started his musical career in the Midwest seven decades ago into the tony surroundings of Walt Disney Concert Hall. "Man, oh, man," the 72-year-old bassist said upon taking the stage. Read More

Virginia's Heritage Music Trail has developed two informative traveling exhibits that will be available beginning in 2010 to communities in The Crooked Road region, which includes Rocky Mount and Franklin County. Read More

The Carter Family Fold is planning an expansion project that will nearly double the acreage of the museum grounds. 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

THREE generations of the Chambers family can be found on Kasey Chambers' children's project. Read More

Three little numbers shouldn't mean very much while preparing to interview an up-and-coming college radio star. Read More

I've always maintained that country music more or less has run in 10-year cycles since its beginnings, which most historians agree lie with its first commercial recordings in 1927. Read More