That’s a main rule of the Old Time Country Bluegrass Gospel Music Association, founded by Wayne and Cathy Agnew, who are preserving these unique musical styles performed before electric and percussion ...

Enjoy retro footage from Bluegrass By The River: Gospel Special from 2006 and Old Time Music Festival: West TN Bluegrass Gospel from 2006. Retro 11 is available to stream on pbs.org and the free PBS ...

This Friday and Saturday, Raleigh Wide Open is taking over the streets of our state's capital. The festival is a celebration of American roots music ranging from gospel to folk and also features arts, ...

Twenty-five years ago today, a movie soundtrack that made obscure roots music popular with a mainstream audience was released ...

The legacy of 12-year-old Asher Hurley will be carried on when the Abingdon Old-Time Bluegrass & Gospel Fiddlers’ Convention awards a youth music scholarship in his name during this year’s event next ...

The International Bluegrass Music Association conference, awards ceremony, Bluegrass Ramble and World of Bluegrass is in Raleigh, NC, Sept. 25-29, 2018. Find our stories here. From the N&O archives — ...

The Ryman Auditorium in Nashville, Tenn. is where bluegrass debuted in 1945, and the Station Inn is Nashville's famous club for bluegrass music. But they're only two of Music City's hotspots for ...

ABINGDON, Va. — The 4th Annual Abingdon Old-Time, Bluegrass & Gospel Fiddlers' Convention is set to bring a weekend of music and festivities to the Washington County Fairgrounds. The event kicked off ...

WITH US. LOOKING AHEAD THIS SATURDAY, THE YADKIN AT BLUEGRASS AND OLD TIME MUSIC CONVENTION RETURNS. IT WILL BE HELD ALL DAY INSIDE OF YADKINVILLE ELEMENTARY, AND YOU DO STILL HAVE TIME TO REGISTER TO ...

Colorado quartet Big Richard plays music that sounds at once traditional and fresh, ramming through decades of male-dominated songwriting with aggression and an urgency to smash the patriarchy. And ...