On this day (May 11) in 1979, Lester Flatt died of heart failure in Nashville, Tennessee, at the age of 64. Most remember him as half of Flatt & Scruggs, the foundational bluegrass duo. He and Earl ...

Bill Monroe’s Music Park & Campground in Brown County hosts the 60th edition of Bill Monroe’s Bluegrass Festival, considered the ultimate venue for live performances of the country music style, June ...

Bassist Mark Hembree's On the Bus With Bill Monroe: My Five-Year Ride with the Father of Blue Grass gives us the legendary Father of Bluegrass as we've come to know him: intimidating, sometimes ...

Wearing patchwork pants and an easy smile, Bluegrass Hall of Famer Peter Rowan tipped the blue hand-thrown pottery jug inscribed with his name to his lips as if he were taking a large swig of ...

This inspiring video celebrates 250 years of the Spirit of America, honoring the resilience, creativity, and cultural roots that define the nation. It highlights the lasting legacy of Bill Monroe, the ...

Ricky Skaggs started playing mandolin when he was just 5. Sixty-two years later – after his pile of Grammys, country and bluegrass hall of fame inductions and National Medal of Arts - I ask Skaggs how ...

Brown County's Bill Monroe's Music Park and Campground is hosting its annual Bluegrass Festival, a nine-day camping retreat of music, workshops, jams both throughout the campground and on stage, and ...

Bill Monroe moderated “Meet the Press” from 1975-1984, during which he was respected for his incisive questions. Outside of “Meet the Press,” Monroe had a long history with NBC News, including ...