With Mandolin Man: The Bluegrass Life of Roland White, author and banjo player Bob Black gives us a book about a musician in which the music rings out — and is never drowned out. That’s because White ...

Fiddle players are often at the center of bluegrass music, taking on the role of the lead instrument. Before Bill Monroe became the so-called Father of Bluegrass, he was influenced by other musicians ...

not the shape of the hills nor the cars in the driveways nor educational attainment. Members of the Redwood Bluegrass Associates concede that everyone on the board has at least a master's degree, and ...

Bluegrass, which sounds as old as the hills, actually was invented in the 1940s by Monroe, Scruggs, Flatt, Chubby and a handful of other Southern boys. They played acoustic string instruments (fiddle, ...

Who is Indiana's greatest living musician? A pop fan might say Janet Jackson. A rock fan, maybe John Mellencamp or Axl Rose? Or, perhaps Bloomington's lauded classical violinist, Joshua Bell, is the ...

It was once derided as hillbilly music. How did bluegrass become the new sound of political protest across the US? You could tell Punch Brothers didn’t expect to win a Grammy this year – their ...