Greenville is poised and ready to greet November with the lively, charming sound of fiddle-driven Western swing music at its 10th annual Bob Wills Fiddle Festival and Contest. Combining elements of ...

By that time, in 2004, SCR had two recordings out and was in between fiddle players. Sanders sent MP3s of him playing three bluegrass tunes and one of his classical compositions. It caught the ear of ...

“A masterpiece — a fascinating and fresh-sounding collection of tunes that incorporate the best elements of bluegrass and old-time into a killer new sound.” With Reischman on mandolin, Jim Nunally on ...

Banjo, guitar and violin players played fiddle tunes and folk songs. On every fourth Sunday, people gather in the courtyard of the Civic Media Center to play old-time and bluegrass fiddle tunes ...

The evening won’t be all bluegrass and fiddle tunes. As with previous SHIFT concerts, Americana: Redefined is about blending genres in unexpected ways. The program will also feature a homage to ...

It’s Bluegrass Day at the South Carolina State Fair. Today, people are gathering to celebrate folk music with local artists ...

Old-time banjo in this context refers to styles pre-dating bluegrass played on five string banjos ... Contestants are required to perform two fiddle tunes of choice no more than four minutes in total ...