Mar. 21—When Ivy Phillips and her brother were home-schooled, her mother enrolled her in music lessons, and the power of music took hold. Phillips, who now teaches music full-time, made the drive from ...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) — A new Junior Appalachian Musicians (JAM) program is beginning on May 23rd for children ages 9 and older. Students can learn bluegrass music in a group with their teacher, and ...

Oklahoma Americana Bluegrass Barn at 11800 N. Ecker in Edmond has The Beginner’s Bluegrass Jam from 7-9 p.m. on the first and third Tuesdays of each month. This free activity is for children and ...

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 ...

Joanna Ridgway, managing director and head of the southwest region for Santander Bank, began playing classical violin at the age of 3. But after graduating from Rhodes College with a business ...

Fiddle players are often at the center of bluegrass music, taking on the role of the lead instrument. Before Bill Monroe became the so-called Father of Bluegrass, he was influenced by other musicians ...

For the past 33 years, the Lyons Fiddle Festival has been Berks County’s pre-eminent acoustic expression of Americana music, bluegrass, folk and old-time country. “We try to give people a little bit ...

Katy Hill, a pretty, 15-year-old fiddle player-extraordinaire came with her parents to chat with the Tallahassee Democrat on the second floor of the Tallahassee Senior Center. It was after her school ...