Sixteen-year-old George Portz, left, became the youngest winner of a state open fiddle championship in 1969. He died Jan. 9 after more than 50 years playing bluegrass music. Provided George Portz was ...

Any Southern native, or transplant for that matter, has a general idea of what a fiddle is. You've no doubt heard your mama or your neighbor remark that they're feeling "fit as a fiddle." Zenas ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — From the age of four, Michael Cleveland has always wanted to play music. His grandparents took him to his first bluegrass shows as a young child and for him it was love at first note ...

Who is Indiana's greatest living musician? A pop fan might say Janet Jackson. A rock fan, maybe John Mellencamp or Axl Rose? Or, perhaps Bloomington's lauded classical violinist, Joshua Bell, is the ...

Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Dom Flemons has a long history with the Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame & Museum’s ROMP Festival. “I’ve known the folks over at ROMP for ...

AMERICANA LOVERS Chad and Catherine Manning are founders of Manning Music, where they teach bluegrass and acoustic music. (Photo by Katy Castro and Franklin Avery) Manning Music bills itself as a ...