This post was updated May 22 at 9:43 p.m. Community and tradition inspire the performers of the Old-Time String Band and African American Music Ensemble. Each class of musical performers has shared a ...

With a chorus of quick fiddles and plucky guitars, Old Crow Medicine Show came out with a country bang. They opened with “Tell It To Me,” a piece with lyrics (sang with a twang, of course) like ...

BELMONT —You can credit the Great Lakes Music Camp for spawning the Round Creek String Band. The annual lakeshore gathering of musicians for instruction in acoustic delights brought together the group ...

In March of 2025, at the annual Big Ears Music Festival in Knoxville, Tennessee, I was one of hundreds of festival-goers entranced by a group of up-and-coming musicians exploring a storied American ...

- Saturday in East Grand Forks: Tickwood, an old-time string band based in Ottertail, Minn., will play from 7:30 to 10 p.m. Saturday at the Eagles Club, 227 10th St. NW, East Grand Forks. Dancing is ...

For as strange as it is, the name just rolls off your tongue. And if you close your eyes, you can imagine an old cart coming up the dusty road to town. A doohickey swings on top—what is that? Before ...

Old Crow Medicine Show bassist Morgan Jahnig was a little awestruck by the architecture of The Egg the last time the two-time Grammy-winning string band performed in upstate New York. “I remember it ...

Appalachian String Band Music Festival held at Camp Washington Carver in Clifftop. The festival is a five-day mountaintop gathering of musicians and friends with contests, concerts, workshops, square ...

In the 25 years since its forming, Old Crow Medicine Show has helped usher in a 21st century revival in roots music. Along with contemporaries like the Avett Brothers and Rhiannon Giddens, the band ...

ELLISVILLE — Hickory Ridge Concerts returns to the historic Ellisville Opera House Saturday, July 16, 7 p.m. when host Chris Vallillo welcomes special guests, Sangamo Town. Sangamo Town hails from ...

The directions to the home of Michael and Donna Fox, members of the Possum Holler String Band, aren’t the sort typically found on a GPS. But the words of encouragement are not completely unwarranted.