He was the last surviving member of a retro-minded string trio whose celebration of prewar songs of the rural South put them ...

Read his 2016 intro letter and disclosures from 2022 and 2021. Ray Roa started freelancing for Creative Loafing Tampa in January 2011 and was hired as music editor in August 2016. He became ...

At one point, bandleader Jon Bindley takes the mic and breaks into a spontaneous, half-remembered rendition of “Only Wanna Be ...

By KIRSTEN BOLTON For ArtSpring In what is promising to be one of ArtSpring’s most colourful, exuberant and multi-cultural concerts of the season, award-winning artist Wesli and his six-person band ...

He is the co-founder and original member of the groundbreaking Carolina Chocolate Drops, the first ever Black string band to ...

Willi Carlisle is back with a new album. This summer, the folk singer and songwriter will release Winged Victory, his fourth studio album and his first since last year’s standout collection ...

"I got stopped in Japan at a temple by Black American women who said, 'We love your work,' " Giddens said with a laugh. "It ...

Helen Plum Memorial Library in Lombard presents “Catch The Twain: The Musical” on Monday, April 21. “Mark and I have been ...

From rock icons to R&B legends, a bluegrass picker who will never be forgotten, and a bright young rap star from Atlanta, music fans sadly lost some talented individuals in March. As we move forward ...

Come out to the Shady Grove Coffeehouse on April 12, 2025, for a night of folk, bluegrass and blues music with the talented ...

Photo: Appalachian Songcatcher features the original songs of Hannah Sage From. Photo courtesy of the artist / Provided by ...

Headlined by 27-time Grammy winner Allison Krauss MILL SPRING—-This Week, the set lineup for the fourth annual Earl Scruggs ...