The Lehigh Valley has become a melting pot of musical genres that run the gamut from rock and punk to heavy-metal and hip-hop. But there is one genre that continues to go strong, despite not having ...

Fiddle players are often at the center of bluegrass music, taking on the role of the lead instrument. Before Bill Monroe became the so-called Father of Bluegrass, he was influenced by other musicians ...

John James of Tannersville performs on fiddle (from left) alongside John Updike of Stroudsburg (banjo), Jim Schaffer of Emmaus (bass) and Neil Morris of Nazareth (guitar), as they rehearse before a ...

POPLAR BLUFF, MO-- Luke Medley is a master of the Bluegrass bass fiddle. He not only plays them, he makes them too. He's an architect of sorts, still working to design and build the perfect bass ...

His updated version of an old-timey approach enhanced recordings by everyone from Bill Monroe to the Rolling Stones. By Bill Friskics-Warren Byron Berline, the acclaimed bluegrass fiddle player who ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — From the age of four, Michael Cleveland has always wanted to play music. His grandparents took him to his first bluegrass shows as a young child and for him it was love at first note ...