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Renée Fleming and Béla Fleck Carry Appalachian Wisdom Into a Disconnected Age

5x Grammy-winning soprano Renée Fleming and 19x Grammy-winning banjo virtuoso Béla Fleck have unveiled “My Epitaph,” the second single from their forthcoming collaboration album Th...

Moonshiner’s Ball Unveils 12th Annual Artist Lineup: Pigeons Playing Ping Pong, Béla Fleck, Fruition and More

On Oct. 8-11, the Moonshiner’s Ball will return to the Rockcastle Riverside in Livingston, Ky., for its 12th annual gathering. This year’s lineup presents a four-way intersection o...

Renée Fleming and Béla Fleck “My Epitaph” – remember me this way

The Fiddle And The Drum is the new collaborative album from Renée Fleming and Béla Fleck, and My Epitaph is the latest single from it. Originally written and recorded by Appalachia...

New Music from the Inbox: Bela Fleck, Tove Styrke, José González, and more!

Artist: RoreySong: Temporary Tragedy Rorey explains the Temporary Tragedy is about “the cost of self abandonment when you grip intimacy, and what it means to choose yourself. I was...

Railroad Earth’s Hillberry Music Festival to Feature Performances by Old Crow Medicine Show, Béla Fleck My Bluegrass Hea...

The Hillberry Music Festival has unveiled an initial list of the first-round musical guests, who have signed on to play and participate in the October 7-11, 2026 event at The Farm...

Bluegrass Innovator Sierra Hull Releases Her Long-Awaited Three-Part Concerto ‘The Movements’ on April 10

Sierra Hull has always operated at the intersection of technical mastery and genuine musical curiosity, and ‘The Movements’ is where those instincts converge most completely. Commi...

The Riff That Blew My Mind: Troy Mercy Attends the Fairport Convention

Blues Unusualist Troy Mercy (former guitarist with Booker T and The Fabulous Thunderbirds) has trouble choosing just one lick, but settles on "Tam Lin" by Fairport Convention. Troy...

Flea’s Honora at Toronto’s Opera House

Red Hot Chilli Peppers’ bassist goes back to his roots. Michael Balzary began his musical journey as a boy, becoming fascinated with jazz artists like Miles Davis, Louis Armstrong...

3 Modern Artists Who Are Carrying the Torch of Classic Bluegrass

3 Modern Artists Who Are Carrying the Torch of Classic Bluegrass

Billy Strings Debuts Two Originals at Spring Tour Kickoff

Billy Strings, photo by Madison Dodd Billy Strings stepped into the spotlight in St. Augustine, Fla. last night to kick off his spring tour. With the first of three nights at the S...

Big Ears Festival Day 4, Sunday, 3/29/2026

By Sarah “Flake” Grosser and Richard Blute(*) Julian Lage QuartetTennessee Theatre Julian Lage has a couple of mighty fine carpets on stage. The whole layout is a rath...

“Ithought, ‘Is the guitar in open G tuning?’ But I soon discovered it wasn’t a standard guitar at all”: Charlie Starr on...

The Blackberry Smoke guitarist gives us a lesson in how to sound like you've got a B-Bender, even if you don't

Watch: Billy Strings Debuts a New Original Each Night in Savannah

On Friday, April 10, Billy Strings emerged at Enmarket Arena for the first of two nights in Savannah, Ga. The Peach State location represented the third stop on the musicians’ ongo...

Fresh Tracks: TANASI Showcase “Worldgrass” Sound on Uplifting New Single

Dobro ace Billy Cardine and bassist and banjo player Mary Lucey were members of the Biscuit Burners—a BRO favorite from the mid 2000s known for pushing the boundaries of Appalachia...

Dida Pelled, Carla Bley, Harry Skoler, Joachim Kühn, Ben Flocks, Joe Webb

Jump into a time-traveling playlist that brings a spectacular 1984 recording by Carla Bley back to the future, at the end of a generations-bridging ride where emerging artists mode...

Watch: Al Di Meola Tests Jerry Garcia’s “Tiger” Guitar, Dickey Betts’ Fillmore Played 1958 Les Paul and Trey Anastasio’s...

Photo Credit: Screenshot via Al Di Meola on Facebook Artful six-string innovator Al Di Meola has been testing out some famous axes. In a series of posts shared on social media, the...

The Klezmatics Can't Do Without Their Bach Stradivarius Trumpet

Frank London of GRAMMY-winning klezmer group The Klezmatics told us about his love for his Bach Stradivarius... Frank London: A trumpet is very personal, it is the one piece of equ...

Mary Lucey of TANASI Can't Do Without Her Jason Romero Clawhammer Banjo

Mary Lucey of worldgrass trio TANASI told us about her love for her Jason Romero clawhammer banjo... Mary Lucey: For my 30th birthday, my husband and bandmate, Billy, gifted me a g...

Billy Strings Revives Covers, Honors North Carolina Bluegrass Legends in Greensboro 

Photo: Stevo Rood On Tuesday evening, Billy Strings continued his Spring Tour at the First Horizon Coliseum in Greensboro, N.C. The midweek entry nodded to the musician’s regional...

Watch: Billy Strings and Full Cord Preview New Two-Track Vinyl with Initial Tease

Photo via Full Cord A new two-track vinyl laces Billy Strings and Full Cord’s bluegrass gravitas. The imminent pairing is denoted by the acronym FCBS, a title that further undersco...

“George Clinton said, ‘You just can’t play guitar like that until your heart has been shattered to smithereens and you h...

Flea shared the stage with the P-Funk guitar icon during soundcheck at one of the Red Hot Chili Peppers' earliest European gigs

Bristol Rhythm & Roots Reunion Expands 2026 Lineup: Sierra Ferrell, Old Crow Medicine Show, St. Paul & The Broke...

Bristol Rhythm & Roots Reunion, photo by Sophie Harris Bristol Rhythm & Roots Reunion has updated the artist lineup for its landmark 25-year celebration to include more tha...

Mountain Grass Unit Enjoy Big Moments at 2026 DelFest

In 2024, the young men had played the festival's indoor music hall as virtual unknowns from Birmingham, Alabama. In 2025, they played the secondary stage to great acclaim, and the...