GRANITE QUARRY — Bluegrass bands and musicians trekked to east Rowan on Saturday night for the 51st annual Granite Quarry Civilian Fiddlers Convention. A spinoff of the well-known Union Grove ...
For the past few years, just ahead of Kentucky Derby time, visitors arriving into Louisville Muhammad Ali International Airport would be greeted by live bluegrass, a defining sound of the region ...
Mayor Robert Weilmuenster dedicates a plaque to the late businessman and bluegrass musician. “This was George’s backyard,” Weilmuenster said, “he loved playing here.” Joshua Carter Belleville ...
Sixteen-year-old George Portz, left, became the youngest winner of a state open fiddle championship in 1969. He died Jan. 9 after more than 50 years playing bluegrass music. Provided George Portz was ...
Who is Indiana's greatest living musician? A pop fan might say Janet Jackson. A rock fan, maybe John Mellencamp or Axl Rose? Or, perhaps Bloomington's lauded classical violinist, Joshua Bell, is the ...
Michael Cleveland is a Grammy Award-winning bluegrass fiddler and mandolin player from Charlestown, Indiana.
There’s never been a better time to be young and rootsy. Today’s new crop of bluegrass and string-band musicians is younger and more accomplished than any batch of musicians since the teenage days of ...
The Berlin Fiddlers Convention returns to Main Street on Friday for three days of free, live bluegrass music. Bluegrass musicians from across the country will vie for thousands of dollars in cash ...
It’s always a party when the Bluegrass and Brews Festival comes to downtown Loveland, but this year the raucous event has a secondary purpose. Friday night’s festivities will be held on the newly ...