The Chicks on being canceled by Nashville: ‘It set us free’

The Chicks (then the Dixie Chicks) with Dennis Franz at the 42nd Grammy Awards, Feb. 23, 2000.

When the Chicks aren’t working, the three members keep a group text going to stay in touch about band matters and about one another’s families — and to trade jokes, “the more inappropriate the better,” […]

Béla Fleck, Zakir Hussain, Edgar Meyer, and Rakesh Chaurasia Announce ‘As We Speak,’ Share Video for “Motion”

Béla Fleck, Zakir Hussain, Edgar Meyer, and Rakesh Chaurasia Announce 'As We Speak,' Share Video for "Motion"

Photo by Jeremy Cowart Today, renowned tabla player Zakir Hussain, banjo legend Béla Fleck, double bassist Edgar Meyer and bansuri player Rakesh Chaurasia announced a new album titled As We Speak, which will release May […]

Summerfest Announces 2023 Headliners for 55th Anniversary

Summerfest headliners

Photo Credit: Summerfest Milwaukee’s Summerfest announces the 2023 headliners for its 55th anniversary. Summerfest has announced over 100 artists for the Milwaukee festival’s 55th anniversary. The multi-genre lineup includes Dave Matthews Band, ODESZA, Eric Church, […]

Childish Gambino’s Swarm Cut “Sticky” Is Our Song of the Week

Childish Gambino's Swarm Cut "Sticky" Is Our Song of the Week

Song of the Week delves into the newest songs we just can’t get out of our heads. Find these tracks and more on our Spotify Top Songs playlist, and for our favorite new songs from emerging artists, check out […]

Prodigious fiddler Mark O’Connor celebrates 50 years of music with memoir : NPR

Prodigious fiddler Mark O'Connor celebrates 50 years of music with memoir : NPR

Mark O’Connor plays the five instruments he was studying at age 12 – fiddle, guitar, mandolin, banjo and dobro. Marty O’Connor/Mark O’Connor hide caption toggle caption Marty O’Connor/Mark O’Connor Mark O’Connor plays the five instruments […]

MusiCares honors Motown’s Berry Gordy and Smokey Robinson

Brandi Carlile

Friday night’s MusiCares Persons of the Year gala marked the first time the Recording Academy’s charitable organization honored the work and philanthropy of two musicians instead of just one at its annual Grammy weekend tribute […]

Robert Plant and Alison Krauss tour 2023: Where to buy tickets

Robert Plant and Alison Krauss tour 2023: Where to buy tickets

Vivid Seats is the New York Post’s official ticketing partner. We may receive revenue from this partnership for sharing this content and/or when you make a purchase. The year’s most anticipated bluegrass tour is finally […]

Ears of the People: Ekonting Songs from Senegal and the Gambia review – living lute songs of love and war | Culture

The artwork for Ekonting Songs from Senegal and the Gambia

Before the banjo, the instrument at the heart of so much folk, country and bluegrass music, was the ekonting: a self-built, three-string gourd instrument with a muted but characterful tone, played by the Jola people […]

Dolly Parton is trying to make her song go viral on TikTok

Dolly Parton is trying to make her song go viral on TikTok

Pouring herself her latest steamy cup of ambition, Dolly Parton declared Sunday that it was “Better late than never!” as she joined TikTok. Whether sensing the swift unraveling of Twitter or finally jumping on the […]

FloydFest 23~Forever Adds Leftover Salmon, KellerGrass ft. The Hillbenders and More to Lineup, Details Vinyl Fundraiser

FloydFest 23~Forever Adds Leftover Salmon, KellerGrass ft. The Hillbenders and More to Lineup, Details Vinyl Fundraiser

Today, FloydFest 23~Forever added five additional bands to its ongoing artist lineup set for their summer music festival in Check, Va., on July 26 through 30. Along with the artist additions, the festival also announced […]