Stacker compiled a list of noteworthy milestones from each year of country music history, using a variety of news articles, ...

Stacker compiled a list of noteworthy milestones from each year of country music history, using a variety of news articles, historical resources, and more.

Multiple stringed instrument players and musical performers from across the country came together to downtown Owensboro this weekend, playing the likes of banjo, guitar and mandolin tunes during the ...

Bob Drouin has led a weekly Irish music session at Patrick's Pub in Providence for 30 years. An Irish session, or seisiún, is ...

Songwriters explore childlike awe while experiencing hard times ...

My friend Wes McGhee, the guitarist and songwriter, who has died aged 77, released 10 solo studio albums between 1978 and 2006, many of them recorded in Austin, Texas, where he made a name for himself ...

They’ll be offering free music lessons on the fiddle, banjo, piano, ukulele and more.

Travis Wammack, a Memphis native who relocated to Muscle Shoals, played on many '70s hits and was Little Richard's longtime ...

Patrick Salmons, a graduate program coordinator and instructor of Appalachian Studies at Virginia Tech, said one of the lessons from the movie is “how the blues is at the heart of all of our music.” ...

A weekly jam session at 2 Feet Brewing in Bangor offers people of all ages and backgrounds a space to play and connect, making Sundays a community highlight.

How African instruments, rhythms, and innovators shaped the genre long before it became a cultural symbol of the American South. Long before country music became a billion-dollar cultural force, its ...