Sixteen-year-old George Portz, left, became the youngest winner of a state open fiddle championship in 1969. He died Jan. 9 after more than 50 years playing bluegrass music. Provided George Portz was ...
Joanna Ridgway, managing director and head of the southwest region for Santander Bank, began playing classical violin at the age of 3. But after graduating from Rhodes College with a business ...
Kenneth "Kenny" Baker, the longest-tenured member of Bill Monroe's Blue Grass Boys, would have turned 100 years old today.
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 ...
For the past few years, just ahead of Kentucky Derby time, visitors arriving into Louisville Muhammad Ali International Airport would be greeted by live bluegrass, a defining sound of the region ...
From a young age, Michael Cleveland knew he was meant to play the fiddle. Cleveland has received numerous awards for his fiddle playing and, with his band Michael Cleveland and Flamekeeper, won the ...
Who is Indiana's greatest living musician? A pop fan might say Janet Jackson. A rock fan, maybe John Mellencamp or Axl Rose? Or, perhaps Bloomington's lauded classical violinist, Joshua Bell, is the ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The International Violin Competition of Indianapolis' coming season will deliver the classical masterpieces audiences have come to ...
CAMP ZAMA, Japan (July 19, 2019) -- When Akiyasu Sumi first asked an American friend about going to a bluegrass festival in the United States, the man cautioned him against it, saying the festivals ...