If talk of music festivals, especially one scheduled for Labor Day weekend, seems like a garish Christmas display in July, know that it’s absolutely necessary.

A 130-year-old building was filled with music fans as a bluegrass legend performed on stage. All 104 seats at Unity Hall in ...

Legendary banjoist Tony Trischka is bringing his acclaimed "Earl Jam 2: A Tribute to Earl Scruggs" to Unity Hall’s Landecker ...

Banjo player Tony Trischka will return to Unity Hall for a performance of “Earl Jam 2: A Tribute to Earl Scruggs” at 7:30 p.m ...

Earl Scruggs Music Festival, the annual gathering which honors the namesake three-fingered banjo picker, has unveiled the official artist lineup for its fifth annual Labor Day Weekend, Sept. 4-6, 2026 ...

The Detroit Lions got themselves quite a haul for David Montgomery in a trade with the Houston Texans. According to reports, the Lions are getting two draft picks (a fourth-rounder and seventh-rounder ...

We listen back to archival interviews with two Opry members: bluegrass musician Scruggs, who perfected three-finger banjo picking, and country star Lynn. Originally broadcast in 2012 and 2010. KUOW is ...

SHELBY, N.C. — The Earl Scruggs Center in Shelby will be closed for more than a month starting Thanksgiving day, our partners at The Shelby Star reported. ALSO READ: Music pioneer and Cleveland Co.

Underneath a fingernail moon and the silhouettes of the Blue Ridge Mountains of Western North Carolina, Oliver Wood stood onstage at the Earl Scruggs Music Festival and declared, “This one goes out to ...

Also a mandolinist, he performed alongside his brother, Jim, in an act that lasted 55 years. He continued performing after his brother’s death. By Bill Friskics-Warren The Earl Scruggs Center, which ...

In Nashville, Tenn., one of the local mills advertises a self-rising ingredient for flour and meal known as Hot Rize. For the past nine years, the fortunes of Hot Rize have been rising with a couple ...

Tony Trischka is considered the consummate banjo artist and perhaps the most influential banjo player in the roots music world. For more than 50 years, his stylings have inspired a whole generation of ...