Sixteen-year-old George Portz, left, became the youngest winner of a state open fiddle championship in 1969. He died Jan. 9 after more than 50 years playing bluegrass music. Provided George Portz was ...

The sound of bluegrass music filled the air Saturday during the Fiddle Fest and Southeastern Fiddle Championship at Shelton State Community College. The festival featured arts, crafts, food vendors, a ...

Last weekend’s snow and this week’s bitter cold have forced the Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame & Museum to postpone the start ...

Mar. 13—Sounds of acoustic guitars and fiddles filled the Woodward Theatre on Saturday as contestants of all ages competed in the 48th Official Kentucky State Fiddle Championship at the Bluegrass Hall ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — From the age of four, Michael Cleveland has always wanted to play music. His grandparents took him to his first bluegrass shows as a young child and for him it was love at first note ...

The saucy dance of old-fashioned fiddle music. The persistent chuckle of a banjo. The chirp of a mandolin. The curling notes of the dobro. The many voices of the versatile guitar. It all adds up to ...

Fiddle Fest organizers want people to save the date: Feb. 28, 2026. That's when the 10th annual Fiddle Fest will be held, once again at Shelton State Community College in Tuscaloosa. The ninth annual ...

Fans of bluegrass and old-time fiddle music will be in heaven this weekend in Tuscaloosa. The 2025 Fiddle Fest and Southeastern Fiddle Championship will be held Feb. 22 on the Martin Campus of Shelton ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... The Telluride Bluegrass Festival celebrates a milestone 50th anniversary in June, but because the event is notoriously an instant sell-out, it’s improbable ...

With a bluegrass concert and dance series this weekend and the 19 th Midwinter Singing Festival next weekend, Ten Pound Fiddle is heating up the cold winter days. At 7:30 p.m., on Friday, Jan. 26, ...

Within hours of arriving at Fiddle Camp in Stillwater this week, students were learning the art of improvising from two masters. Bluegrass, explained Brian Wicklund and Joe Walsh, is all about ...

Most music festivals on Long Island choose to focus on rock, jam bands, blues or country. But there’s only one that spotlights bluegrass, the music genre that mixes acoustic instruments with ...