• Rhythm: Up-tempo bluegrass rhythms follow 16th note strum patterns. Count ‘1 e & a 2 e & a 3 e & a 4 e & a’ to keep time while strumming along with down- and upstrokes. • Scales: Guitar solos are ...

Calloused fingertips blazed across instrument strings Saturday in Thompson Park, creating a bluegrass tapestry of mandolin, banjo, guitar, fiddle and stand-up bass that mingled with shade dappled ...

Even as a toddler, Billy Strings seemed to understand bluegrass. "When he was in his highchair, and I had a friend over and we were playing one day, I looked over and he's right in rhythm with his ...

In the 27 years that the International Bluegrass Music Association has been handing out awards, no woman had ever even been nominated for guitarist of the year, until now. Molly Tuttle, a 24-year-old ...

Mike Post has written the music for more classic TV series than anyone else: “The Rockford Files,” “Hill Street Blues,” “The Greatest American Hero,” “Magnum, P.I.,” “The A-Team,” “L.A. Law,” “NYPD ...

Even before Dan Tyminski joined Alison Krauss and Union Station in 1994, the group was the talk of the bluegrass world. “All eyes were on that band,” said Tyminski, a singer who also plays guitar and ...

Tennessee High School’s Slim Pickins plays blazing bluegrass. Catch the fire of youth when Slim Pickins appears during the 8th Annual Rhythm and Roots Reunion in downtown Bristol on Sept. 20. Also ...