Such informal music gatherings remain the places where old time, country, and bluegrass traditions are active. The square dancing that has ebbed since the 1950s, some feel, is undergoing a resurgence.

Rockabillly music merged old-time country with blues; many of its early folk-based performers went on to careers in countyr music or rock and roll. Harold Jenkins (Conway Twitty) and his Rock ...

Students enrolled at the Kentucky Center for Traditional Music have progressed from New York City to as far away as Jamaica, Ireland and China. This outreach informs students and the general public ...

you will learn about traditional music forms and culture from a historical and contemporary perspective. You will study Bluegrass, Old Time, Country, Western Swing, Blues, Ballad Singing, Celtic, ...