Long before I moved to the High Country, I made many trips over the years to North Carolina, both to the Outer Banks and to the MerleFest music festival.

There’s no place like the Ryman Auditorium for bluegrass music!” says bluegrass great Rob McCoury to the storied Nashville venue’s sold-out crowd. There’s always a palpable buzz in the air before ...

Grammy-winning fiddle player Bronwyn Keith-Hynes played a concert at The Appalachian Theatre of the High Country Thursday, ...

After Western North Carolina native Bryan Sutton began to win the first of 10 International Bluegrass Music Association ...

The crossover star’s introspective sixth album is full of memories of his mother, who died in 2025, bringing his dextrous guitar to songs rooted in tradition and yearning ...

On Wednesday night, one of the final dominos of this NBA offseason fell, as Peyton Watson’s time with the Nuggets came to an end. It’s quite the complicated maneuver for August. But that’s why we love ...

If there is one band synonymous with modern bluegrass, it is Virginia’s Old Crow Medicine Show. The band’s blend of old-time folk with lyrics about vintage and modern topics has made them staples of ...

The Town of Boone will celebrate the life and legacy of legendary Appalachian musician Doc Watson with its annual Doc Watson Day concert on Friday, August 14. The concert begins at 5:00 p.m. on the ...

Billy Strings has drawn from something old to do something entirely new. The singer and virtuoso guitarist, who is 33, has broken ground by using the elements of traditional bluegrass to become an ...

Hardly Strictly Bluegrass has announced its initial lineup for 2026, which runs Oct. 2-4 at Golden Gate Park in San Francisco. AJ Lee & Blue Summit, Gillian Welch & David Rawlings, Hiss Golden ...

The Hardly Strictly Bluegrass free music festival in San Francisco on Wednesday unveiled its initial lineup. Spanning an array of artists across genres, Hardly Strictly Bluegrass is a free three-day ...