The Grammy- and Pulitzer-winning artist Rhiannon Giddens has long made music that sheds light on America's untold stories, ...

The Princeton Folk Music Society will be celebrating its 60th anniversary in 2025 and is hosting a year-long special program ...

I literally think this hybridization of Scottish culture and African American culture and ... People called it “bluegrass,” but none of that music was bluegrass. Bluegrass is a specific ...

The Savannah Music Festival reaffirms its commitment to global roots music with 2025 lineup, which includes the return of ...

Chuck Prophet remembers the day he started listening to cumbia, the Latin American musical ... annual Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival. The venue was full, the band was cooking and everybody ...

On Feb 12, 1924, a concert organised by popular jazz band leader Paul Whiteman was held at the Aeolian Hall in New York City.

So she was exposed to traditional African music as well as dance performances ... I was just singing (the Bill Monroe bluegrass tune) ‘Blue Moon of Kentucky,’ and I thought, ‘Where did ...

“That was my first exposure to fiddle music.” Bassist Highberg mentioned that “there are such a vast amount of cultural intersections, not only in bluegrass, African American and the European ...

The Schaefer Center Presents (SCP) performing arts series, presented by Appalachian State University’s Office of Arts Engagement and Cultural Resources, welcomes NOLA’s legendary Preservation Hall ...

“I love to dance, I love the music,” said Lawrence, a Floyd native who now lives in the small town of Bridgewater in Rockingham County. She and Slusher are both retired, and they meet in Floyd every ...