Sylva, North Carolina may have been the birthplace of Tony Ellis, but his music has guided him all over the world for a ...

He went on to sing a catchy song in protest of the council’s vote to stop fluoridation of the city’s water. It was in the ...

Ron Block of Alison Krauss and Union Station plays Folk In Fusion on 13 January at Waterfront Hall, Belfast as part of the Your Roots Are Showing Music Conference. We asked him the BIG questions . . .

You might know Steve Martin as a comedy legend, but he’s also a great musician. He played banjo on some of his early comedy albums, such as A Wild and Crazy Guy, but in recent years, he’s gotten more ...

PLACE. A FIRST OF ITS KIND MUSIC PROGRAM IS SOON COMING TO WINSTON-SALEM. UNC SCHOOL OF THE ARTS IS LAUNCHING THE AMERICAN ROOTS MUSIC INSTITUTE FOR STUDENTS TO LEARN ...

At New York’s Juilliard School of Music on Saturday, Paul Simon returned to the stage for the first time since his summer “Quiet Celebration” tour ended. While his appearance was unannounced until he ...

Welcome to my porch, the eclectic singer-songwriter Rhiannon Giddens announced at the start of American Tunes, a trip through the past and present of American roots music she’d created for the ...

Rhiannon Giddens is down at the river, carrying a flame of heritage, and she’s inviting anyone who wants to join her to come down and light their own wicks. Rivers are traditionally sites of salvation ...

George Gershwin's “Rhapsody in Blue” will meet rapturous bluegrass when banjo virtuoso Béla Fleck leads off ProMusica Chamber Orchestra’s 2025-26 season at the Southern Theatre. “I wanted to open with ...

Some combinations sound strange but work really well together. Take pickles and ice cream, french fries and milkshakes, bacon and donuts. This meshing of two old forms of music is attracting young ...