Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Six bluegrass guitarists you need to hear. From the iconic roots planted by Bill Monroe to innovators like Billy Strings and Molly ...

Musicians have always moved their art forward by cross-pollinating genres. It’s how we got rock ’n’ roll, jazz fusion and, regrettably, funk metal. But while overlapping certain styles makes intuitive ...

I want to chill like Billy Strings is chilling. Sitting in front of a tapestry on his couch at his home in Nashville, the bluegrass all-star has a truly down-to-earth attitude about things. He tells ...

He's become one of the most acclaimed guitarists today of heavy metal — and bluegrass. John Lowery, performing under the stage name John 5, has played with Marilyn Manson, Rob Zombie and David Lee ...

If you’re wondering what Ponder the Albatross will play when they open for Shawn James, you’re not alone. Even the band doesn’t know. “We’re very ‘on the fly,'” says bandleader, vocalist and mandolin ...

So, a Finnish bluegrass hillbilly band walks into a bar….No, it’s not the beginning of a joke, it’s the start of an evening on Steve ‘N’ Seagulls’ first-ever U.S. tour. If there’s a punchline, it’s ...

banjos, harmonicas and various other hollow wooden instruments, but it isn't a country band and it isn't folk. It also isn't, despite its twang, an Americana or roots-music outfit. Instead, the ...

Although metalheads and hillbillies alike might be loath to admit it, bluegrass and metal actually have a LOT in common. Both require an immense amount of skill and are played with lots of notes at a ...

Alternative metal band Fair to Midland is finally ready to announce that its soon-to-be released album is to be called "Arrows and Anchors," and will be out by mid-summer on their newly-signed label, ...

I’m having a hard time figuring out if Grandpa’s Cough Medicine‘s “The Murder Chord,” a bluegrass song about a kid who gets into metal and is subsequently inspired to murder his entire family, is ...

It's midnight Saturday on Beerland's smoky patio, and some cheapskate at the gate is debating whether entry's worth $5. "Is the band gooood?" he asks, looking through the doorway as Headcrusher ...