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 ...

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 ...

"I felt, in writing this piece, that there was an openness, or a kind of a renewed freshness, I had working with music materials, because I was working in a new form. It took out all the cobwebs in ...

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 ...

With a bluegrass concert and dance series this weekend and the 19 th Midwinter Singing Festival next weekend, Ten Pound Fiddle is heating up the cold winter days. At 7:30 p.m., on Friday, Jan. 26, ...