During an annual event honoring their rich bluegrass heritage, Liberty Square: A Lester Flatt Celebration, the City of Sparta, Tennessee recognized the achievements of Josh Swift by inducting him into ...

Their Sound: Acoustic music performed around one microphone, drawing on original material, traditional tunes and sometimes even a creative cover of the Blind Melon pop hit “No Rain.” Big Break: Noah ...

JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (WJHL) — The Tennessee Bluegrass Band will play at The Down Home in Johnson City on Friday. The band joined News Channel 11's First at 4 show to talk about how to see their ...

Traditional musician John Nyhan has created a local audience for bluegrass music at the Schoolyard Theatre in Charleville when he has brought a number of American Bluegrass bands to perform at the ...

GRANVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) — It's a style of music that includes a stand-up bass, the banjo, the mandolin, the guitar, and the fiddle. It has been passed down for generations. Now, someone is taking ...

As temperatures cool and fall approaches, the sounds of banjos, fiddles and mandolins will fill the Chattanooga air as bluegrass festivities take place around town. This month, Chattanooga welcomes ...

Room 306 in Brooks Memorial Hall looks like a pretty standard college classroom, until you notice the acoustic enhancements. Look up and you’ll see canvas baffles hanging from the ceiling. And you ...

After several social media complaints about playing music in the Gallatin City Cemetery led event organizers to rethink Memorial Day weekend plans, officials decided to move the free bluegrass show ...

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Communities across East Tennessee are preparing to celebrate Juneteenth, a holiday that commemorates the end of slavery in the United States and honors the resilience of generations who fought for ...

The U.S. state of Tennessee is home to some famous music venues. In the far west of the state, Beale Street in the heart of Memphis is renowned for its blues music. In Middle Tennessee there’s the ...

BLUEGRASS musician Bobby Osborne, best known for his song Rocky Top, has died. Osborne was part of the Osborne Brothers duo along with his sibling, Sonny. You'll now receive top stories, breaking news ...