In 1972, there was nothing on the planet as unhip as country music. Trippy artists such as the Grateful Dead were “Truckin'” to banjos in California, but the music of the South, by the South and for ...

Some 50 years ago, the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band brought bluegrass to the masses with its platinum-selling Will the Circle Be Unbroken. To celebrate the album’s anniversary, founding member/banjo man ...

At a time when every movie is a remake and cover songs sometimes out-chart the originals, it's not unheard of for an artist to revisit the past. For John McEuen of the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, there's ...

Prior to the official founding of bluegrass in 1940 with Bill Monroe and his Blue Grass Boys, the genre was a melting pot of culture that drew influence from Celtic folk music, Southern life, and, ...