Program and biographical notes by Charlie Faurot on container. "Old time banjo and fiddle tunes"; featuring Wade Ward, Fred Cockerham, George Stoneman and Kyle Creed, with instrumental ensemble.

Noon. Doors open1 p.m. Performance to be announced2 p.m. Dance contest3 p.m. Banjo contest4 p.m. Supper break4:30 p.m. Traditional song contest6 p.m. String band contest7 p.m. Fiddle contest Matt ...

Linking a constellation of storied venues across southwest Virginia, the Crooked Road is an under-the-radar driving trail – ...

WILLIS, Va.WILLIS, Va. — For just about all of her life, Rhoda Kemp has made beautiful music pour out of her banjo. But on a chilly day in March, the only sound her banjo made was the repetitive raspy ...

Eric Thompson, guitar ; Mac Benford, banjo and lead vocals ; Sandy Bradley, harmony vocals. Production notes: "Recorded at 1750 Arch St. Studio, Berkeley, Calif. by ...

Recent “serious” live music highlights included a true banjo wizard, a young string quartet sensation, and Santa Barbara ...

ALTON — Fiddlin’ Banjo Billy Mathews has been playing music since he was 8 years old when he started piano lessons. Around the age of 13, he added the guitar, and then picked up the banjo during his ...

Knoxville's cold, rainy weather on Saturday didn’t keep around 20 musicians from coming to the 2018 Big Ears Festival to play music together at the event’s Fiddlers Convention. The rain resulted in a ...

Nora Brown is only a teenager, yet she’s been playing banjo and guitar for over a decade. Putting her own spin on traditional roots music, Brown will bring her show (in duo format) to the Music Hall ...

Japanese guitarist Hiroya Tsukamoto started out as a banjo player in his home city of Kyoto, teaching himself to play by listening to the only bluegrass record he owned, Earl Scruggs’ “Foggy Mountain ...

Welcome to my porch, the eclectic singer-songwriter Rhiannon Giddens announced at the start of American Tunes, a trip through the past and present of American roots music she’d created for the ...

WILLIS, Va. (AP) - For just about all of her life, Rhoda Kemp has made beautiful music pour out of her banjo. But on a chilly day in March, the only sound her banjo ...