“Bluegrass is very community-based,” says mandolinist Patrick Kerrigan Fitzsimons, one of the founders of the academy. “You don’t need fancy equipment. You just carry your instrument, sit in a circle ...

Registration is now underway for the Spring semester of Boone Junior Appalachian Musicians (Boone JAM), a traditional music ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Jan. 16—MORGANTOWN — If you take in a gig by Aristotle Jones and his band, be prepared to settle in and be there for a while — not ...

The University of North Carolina School of the Arts is announcing the start of its Junior Appalachian Music program (JAM), to teach young students old-time and bluegrass traditions. JAM is modeled ...

The Community Music School at the University of North Carolina School of the Arts (UNCSA) will launch the Junior Appalachian Music program this February, expanding access to traditional Appalachian ...

The River Valley Film Society brings the documentary, "Randy Crouch: Survival of the Fiddlist," to the Ozark Mountain Music Festival, at 2 p.m. Jan. 17 at the Auditorium in Eureka Springs. Admission ...

Some call it Feral Week, others Twixmas, and still others a black hole, in which time has lost all meaning. That week between Christmas and New Years can hold any number of associations, but in the ...

Violinist Rob Landes surprises strangers with a lively rendition of "The Devil Went Down to Georgia" on the fiddle. Upbeat music and public performance! Trump bashes late director Rob Reiner, drawing ...

November's theme is reflecting on the idea of home and how we connect to our communities. My guests include Doc McClintock, a trans woman folk singer songwriter from Roanoke, Virginia who’s music ...

Cameron Montemayor | News-Press NOW A restored fiddle owned by Joseph Robidoux is shown at the Robidoux Row Museum in November. Cameron Montemayor | News-Press NOW This photo shows an area of the new ...