Central Wisconsin bluegrass band Art Stevenson & High Water will perform at 7 p.m. Read More
Perry Henzell, who co-authored, directed and produced the pioneering reggae movie "The Harder They Come," dies in Kingston, Jamaica at the age of 70. 2002 - Girls Aloud is formed on the British reality television show "Popstars: The Rivals." 2002 - Oasis postpones its remaining German tour dates after Liam Gallagher sustains injuries to his mouth and teeth in a Munich hotel brawl. 1999 - Jazz guitarist Charlie Byrd dies of cancer. Read More
All his life, the Dickenson County native has been called the boy with the hundred-year-old voice. Read More
Country and bluegrass legend Ricky Skaggs credits his father for nurturing his love of music. 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
Ralph Stanley, now 82, has been singing and playing professionally since the '40s, but the music he performs now is not radically different from what he grew up playing and singing with his brother, Carter, in the Stanley Brothers band . Read More
Bluegrass music veterans Larry Sparks & The Lonesome Ramblers will bring their brand of high-energy picking and singing to the stage at the Isaacs Performing Arts Center in the Old Hitchins School on Friday. Read More
Called "the Midwest's Premier Bluegrass and Gospel Quintet," Monroe Crossing played in Cresco for the first time about a year ago. Read More
Ralph Stanley gained a great deal of fame thanks to his work on the soundtrack to Oh Brother Where Art Thou , the landmark Coen brothers film that almost single-handedly revived the roots genre. Read More
During the first 10 years of her career, Patty Loveless was arguably the most popular woman in country music. Read More
If you even think you know bluegrass, you have to know Ralph (born 1927) and Carter Stanley (born 1925), the Stanley Brothers. ... Read the full The Stanley Brothers bio.