For almost 17 years, Yonder Mountain String Band has been redefining bluegrass music, pushing it toward rock ‘n’ roll and improvisation. Tickets $25/$30, Fall Festival Charlotte Mecklenburg Library ...

Twenty years ago, the old-time string band Carolina Chocolate Drops turned heads and wowed audiences. They were young. They ...

Amid the halls of the Kenan Music Building, the sounds of mandolins, banjos, fiddles and guitars can be heard as the Carolina Bluegrass Band brings rich, locally-rooted bluegrass music to life. The ...

At only 22 years old, Canadian singer Bella White has already made a name for herself as one of the most captivating young ...

Yonder Mountain String Band have officially unveiled plans for a winter 2025 tour, set to stage across the country at the outset of next year. From Jan. 2 to March 22, the progressive bluegrass titans ...

MINNEAPOLIS — There’s a moment in the movie “Don’t Get Trouble In Your Mind: The Carolina Chocolate Drops’ Story” that takes place at Hall STEM Academy, a charter elementary in Minneapolis, where the ...

Raleigh Wide Open, produced by PineCone, will feature performances from Americana, folk, gospel, and bluegrass artists over ...

A Carolina Chocolate Drops show convinced Dusky Waters to pick up the banjo when she was 20 years old. Waters had always been curious about the instrument, and she was already a guitarist and pianist.

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 ...

Sumter County Sheriff Anthony Dennis provides an update on a double homicide case that crossed county lines. WIS News at Noon is a full hour of news and lifestyle stories Monday through Friday. The ...