Boulder born and raised, 2019 RockyGrass champion mandolinist Dylan McCarthy made his way through a lot of styles before settling on becoming a master bluegrass picker. He started playing classical ...

In 2015, Jon Stickley brought in revered jazz drummer Dave King to produce his next bluegrass album. He didn’t bargain for the profound change ahead. Until that point, the Jon Stickley Trio mixed ...

A bluegrass tradition will return to the San Juan Mountains of Colorado June 18th–21st with the 2026 installment of Telluride Bluegrass.

Bluegrass is inherently collaborative. Rooted in folk music, the genre relies on standards that have been covered countless times over the years. It makes sense that some of the best bluegrass albums ...

Missy Raines found her instrumental voice a long time ago. She was already a bluegrass fan, and slowly developing some skills on piano and guitar, when her father lugged a double bass to the family’s ...

When guitarist Tony Rice died on Christmas Day in his North Carolina home, bluegrass music bade farewell to a second-generation star who expressed his music in modern terms and embraced bluegrass’s ...

Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder earned instrumental group of the year for the eighth straight time at the International Bluegrass Music Awards Thursday. Tim O’Brien won song of the year and Ricky ...

First-time recipients and repeat winners were honored at the 29th annual International Bluegrass Music Awards in Raleigh, North Carolina, held Thursday night. Balsam Range, a five-piece band from ...

Performers and presenters for the International Bluegrass Music Association's 25th International Bluegrass Music Awards were announced Thursday. The IBMA Awards will be held Thursday, Oct. 2 at ...