Bluegrass News

Under Orion's Belt, a beautiful, chilled wind caressed the faces of the crowd as they shouted back to the Avett Brothers.

Paul McCartney was honored as MusiCares' Person of the Year on Friday in L.A. at the annual pre- Grammy fundraiser.

The award for Best Rock Performance went to former Warren resident, David Grohl and the Foo Fighters for the song ''Walk.'' "To me this award means a lot because it shows that the human element of making music is what's most important.

This year's GrammyA Awards program was an emotional one with the death of Whitney Houston just as the celebration was unfolding.

Taylor Swift and the Civil Wars each won two Grammys during Sunday afternoon's pre-awards show presentation leading up to the main telecast.

A multiple Grammy Award winner, Carl Jackson is one of six recipients of this year's Governor's Awards.

The 54th annual Grammy Awards take place tonight at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, though Whitney Houston death clearly will overshadow the ceremony.

It's a scary thought, but after two albums that established their ability bend the bluegrass string-band tradition into extraordinarily sophisticated shapes, Punch Brothers may just be hitting their stride with this one.

BOB BROWN/MEDIA GENERAL NEWS SERVICE - Ralph Stanley smiles as he talks about his career while sitting in the living room of the Stanley home outside of Coeburn, Va., on Mon., Jan.

The brand new single release from the Niall Toner Band is "Tomorrow." This is a follow up to the very successful original tribute song "William Smith Monroe" about the Father Of Bluegrass.

Ralph Stanley has already won three Grammys, and tonight he goes for his fourth.

The Grammys , now overshadowed/advertised by the tragedy that is Whitney Houston 's death , air tonight on CBS at 8 p.m. EST.

Calling out a city, or telling the audience how happy one is to be in their fine metropolis - that's pretty much a given for any band.

The legendary musician, the biggest big shot snagged in the event's 22-year history, was celebrated for his music and philanthropy Friday night at the Los Angeles Convention Center .

As joyful as Robert Plant's experience singing in the studio with bluegrass star Alison Krauss was, he says the real fireworks have been at their freewheeling shows on tour, where each performance is entirely different from the last.

Reaching back to the days of abject poverty in Appalachia where the melancholy music told stories of a harsh life, rises a vocal style only perfected by a few artists such as Ralph Stanley and Dan Tyminski.

As the first instrumental album of fiddle tunes in which the guitar was the featured instrument in a bluegrass band, Dan Crary's 1970 album Bluegrass Guitar was a landmark in roots-oriented guitar music.

That's because both men and their families have embraced the growing camp movement to create innovative, popular instruction environments that, while both focusing to a large extent on acoustic guitar, explore very different ends of the spectrum in terms of the overall experience.

Make a craft and stay for dinner with $2 a slice pizza. 2. Lansdale Library shows "The Tempest" tonight at 6:30 as part of the free Friday Evening Movies.

The Granada was packed to the gills with hippies of all ages last night for Railroad Earth's climactic show.