A party by the Inner Harbor this weekend celebrates Charm City’s long tradition of tapping a foot to the fiddle and nodding in agreement with the banjo. The Baltimore Old Time Music Festival on Friday ...

PROVIDENCE — Lenard Lemieux gently rocked his head from side to side, his bow flying across his fiddle as he played the first few bars of an old-time tune. Within a few beats, three banjos, two ...

This Friday and Saturday, Raleigh Wide Open is taking over the streets of our state's capital. The festival is a celebration of American roots music ranging from gospel to folk and also features arts, ...

GALAX, Va. — Ellie Massey, 13, stands inside a giant, yellow tent with dozens of other contestants and practices singing the gospel tune, "I'll Fly Away." Her grandfather, Jim Coleman, and uncle, ...

“A sweet stereo sound bath of fiddle tunes spiced with bluegrass, cajun, and honky tonk, and country classics” was once again heard at the Appalachian String Band Music Festival. One of many jams at ...

In March of 2025, at the annual Big Ears Music Festival in Knoxville, Tennessee, I was one of hundreds of festival-goers entranced by a group of up-and-coming musicians exploring a storied American ...

Each year for the past 89, Galax, Va., has hosted what it proclaims is the world's oldest and largest fiddler's convention. People come from all around to keep alive a rich American musical tradition.

Streaming services are helping revive America’s most old-fashioned, undigital genre. Charley Crockett, a rising star in the roots-music field, performing in Nashville, Ind., in May.Credit...Kristine ...

Old Crow Medicine Show started busking on street corners from New York state to Canada in 1998, attracting fans through its rich harmonies within its version of traditional folk, bluegrass and ...

For as strange as it is, the name just rolls off your tongue. And if you close your eyes, you can imagine an old cart coming up the dusty road to town. A doohickey swings on top—what is that? Before ...