After more than two decades fronting New York’s Irish punk mainstays The Ruffians, Sean Griffin is stepping into a new ...

Laura Chu Wiens of AurallaurA described the band’s new record as a musical revue. “I don’t think we could tell the story of ...

Charlie Poole, a spiritual predecessor to musicians like Bob Dylan and Jerry Garcia, was born March 22, 1892, in North ...

Sebastian Bach repeatedly noted Friday night that it’s been 37 years since Skid Row’s self-titled debut album hit the airwaves back in 1989. So it had to be reassuring to Bach that some from the next ...

A 130-year-old building was filled with music fans as a bluegrass legend performed on stage. All 104 seats at Unity Hall in ...

Renée Fleming and Béla Fleck have announced a collaborative album, The Fiddle and the Drum, following their boycott of the ...

We have Grammy-nominated acts in town this week as well, along with Blues Music Award and International Bluegrass Music ...

Early American banjo music is Black music. The banjo was created by enslaved African Americans, and according to the Smithsonian Institute, up until the 1830s, the banjo was exclusively an African ...

The banjo is enjoying a resurgence in popularity, due in part to one epic player who's now going viral for her unique take on the country music staple. Winter weather warning as 40 inches of snow to ...

Listening to a solo by contemporary folk and old-time artist Chris Coole, one is often fooled into thinking there are more musicians adding to the melodic frills and plunking tones. However, it is ...

LOWELL — Dozens gathered in and around the Merrimack Repertory Theatre Saturday for the Lowell Summer Music Series’ 44th annual Banjo & Fiddle Contest. The contest brought musicians from all over the ...