While the ripping-fast percussive sound of a banjo in bluegrass music is familiar to most, the more melodic, somewhat slower paced clawhammer style is gaining with local listeners. At open sessions in ...

J.D. Crowe, a banjo player who helped define the instrument for generations of bluegrass fans, died Friday, his family announced on Facebook. “This morning at around 3 a.m, our dad, JD Crowe, went ...

On the surface, there might seem to be a world of difference between jazz and bluegrass music. Jazz is predominantly urban and often deals with relatively complex structures, chords and key changes.

Popular music in North America entered a revolutionary stage in the 1940s, and a handful of recordings from the decade document the shift into music that was more virtuosic than what had come before.

Over Halloween weekend Greensky Bluegrass returned to their point of origin and proving ground in Kalamazoo, Michigan. There the band celebrated a quarter-century of spirited sounds and sparkling ...