The “brothers” are having a busy week. On Sunday they played the 50th anniversary party for musician friends Deb and Mike ...

One of the hottest bluegrass bands in New England, Rock Hearts, returns to Center Theatre for the fourth consecutive year ...

Three stages, 17 acts, and three days of fiddle, banjo, and mandolin are set to fill Cottonwood Flats Recreation Area in ...

The Gravenstein Mandolin Ensemble is celebrating its 20th anniversary with a concert at Occidental Center for the Arts on ...

AUSTIN, Texas — Tom Ellis loves being surrounded by mandolins. He has several of them in his collection. Ellis’ fascination with the instrument started decades ago. “When I picked up a mandolin that a ...

Playing a melody on a large ceramic jug is “actually pretty hard,” says Jared Emerson-Johnson, president of the California Jug Band Association.

The 5th Annual Big Bend Bluegrass Festival is almost upon us here in Alpine, Texas. It will again be held at the Alpine Civic Center on Friday, October 2, through Saturday, October 3. An advanced ...

GEORGE — George Elementary students get an earful of something new Thursday. “They’re getting a different genre of music that they might not choose to listen to otherwise,” said Principal Lora ...

Matthew McConaughey picked up a new skill for his latest role! The 56-year-old movie star revealed that he spent "months" learning to play the mandolin and sing for his latest movie, The Rivals of ...

Mandolin, usually of the flatback variety, is a given to stand in for fiddle in bluegrass or country swing, yet not so much for violin in classical music — nor as a solo instrument with orchestra. But ...

OROVILLE — For 60 years the Oroville Old-time Fiddlers have been rosining up their bows and playing their fiddles hard. The group is officially known as the California State Old Time Fiddlers’ ...