AGOURA – Donning straw hats and lugging banjos, guitars and fiddles, thousands of bluegrass, country and folk music fans packed the Santa Monica Mountains Sunday for a foot-stompin’ jam session. Music ...

Yes. In the hills west of Los Angeles — not all that far from the rock ‘n’ roll glam of Sunset Boulevard, and even closer to the home base of the Guitar Center — the fiddle is alive and well. So is ...

LOWELL — Boarding House Park will be the site of many jam sessions throughout the day Saturday as the Lowell Summer Music Series’ Banjo & Fiddle Contest returns for the 44th year. The free event ...

FLOYD -– It is Friday evening, and music fills the air. Catty-corner from the courthouse, a few steps down from the county’s only traffic light, people converge on an old country store. A woman lugs ...

There's nothing more American than the banjo and fiddle, mostly because the twangy instruments were introduced by the people who made this country what it is: immigrants. Old-time fiddle tunes, ...

LOWELL — Soaking humidity and a brief cloudburst failed to dampen the enthusiasm Saturday afternoon for the 36th annual Banjo and Fiddle Contest, sponsored by the Lowell National Historic Park. More ...

Canadian banjo player Allison de Groot had been getting a lot of notice and gaining a lot of fans when she was part of the Winnipeg-based country-bluegrass-folk quartet Oh My Darling. But a move south ...

Kenny Kosek has announced the highly anticipated follow-up to his 1997 solo record, Angelwood, by divulging details and sharing notes regarding the Sept. 6 release of Twisted Sage. The forthcoming ...

Program and biographical notes by Charlie Faurot on container. "Old time banjo and fiddle tunes"; featuring Wade Ward, Fred Cockerham, George Stoneman and Kyle Creed, with instrumental ensemble.

DOSWELL, Va. (AP) — The State Fair of Virginia is seeking banjo players and fiddlers for a contest. The fair’s open and youth fiddle and banjo contests will be held on Oct. 4 in the Triple Crown ...