As Strings Music Festival approaches its 40th year, the nonprofit performing arts organization finds itself at a pivotal and ...

Appalachian String Band Music Festival held at Camp Washington Carver in Clifftop. The festival is a five-day mountaintop gathering of musicians and friends with contests, concerts, workshops, square ...

The Reedy River String Band has its roots in Greenville, but the acoustic “newgrass” trio has found a second home in ...

The story was updated to correct the timing of the Ballad Off. A good example of the commonality between two distinct Southern music traditions is the humble quill. Carved from the abundant river cane ...

Banjo player Clinton Knorpp swears the rain began pelting twice as hard just as the Still House String Band jumped on stage. It was the cold mountain kind of rain that’s not fan friendly, and the ...

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 ...

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (WHNT) — The Tangled String Music & Arts Festival, which is set for October 3-4, is now partnering with Huntsville Music Office and will take place at John Hunt Park. It was initially ...

A good example of the commonality between two distinct Southern music traditions is the humble quill. Carved from the abundant river cane that grows all over the American south, the bamboo-like plant ...