When he was three years old, Jerry Douglas heard the groundbreaking banjo licks of Earl Scruggs on the turntable each morning during breakfast at his childhood home in northeastern Ohio. “And we’d ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... It’s hard to catch your breath in bluegrass. The hail of banjo, dobro, mandolin, bass and fiddle merge into a stylized tornado of sound that’s as passionate ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. "He called and wanted Earl and Lester to do the theme music," she said. "And I turned it down at first because of the word ...

If Bill Monroe was the Father of Bluegrass, Lester Flatt is surely one of its disciples. Born on this day (June 19) in 1914 in Overton County, Tennessee, Flatt teamed up with banjo virtuoso Earl ...

Earl Scruggs and Lester Flatt were the bluegrass duo, Flatt & Scruggs. The story behind their song, “Foggy Mountain Breakdown,” is the subject of a new book. University of Illinois Press When Flatt ...

Nashville, Tenn.-based jamgrass quintet The Infamous Stringdusters have seen a dynamic start to 2023, balancing an ongoing national tour with the roll-out of their upcoming album A Tribute To Flatt & ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Marty Stuart and Chris Scruggs, the grandson of bluegrass great Earl Scruggs, perform at Earl Scruggs Music Festival. - Credit: ...

The deal also includes the majority of the song catalog of his son, Grammy winner Gary Scruggs. By Melinda Newman Building on an association that has spanned more than 75 years, peermusic has acquired ...

On May 22, an all-star crew of Americana, bluegrass and country stars joined forces at the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum to elevate the legacy of bluegrass icon Earl Scruggs. Country Music ...