At age 19, Isaac Rohrbach might be deemed a throwback to the days of old, and not just because he plays an oblong, octagonal upright bass that he made himself to perform in a bluegrass-gospel-country ...

Banjo player Bela Fleck and bassist Edgar Myer are two important current figures in American music. They got together in the NPR studios to play some of the banjo and bass music they take out on tour.

COLUMBIA — Fiddles, mandolins, an upright bass, a guitar and a banjo or two are the usual instruments at the Old-Time Fiddlers Jam Session at the Boone County Fair. The musicians wander in and out of ...

We often think of traditional Scottish music performed in an ensemble with fiddle, pipes (either Highland or border style), a piano or perhaps a guitar or bouzouki and, on occasion, harp. But the ...

Fiddle music filled the “musician’s living room” Thursday night as two acts took to the Cafe Nine stage to offer an evening full of love, joy, and veneration. The show featured Jake Blount. the ...

"A bicentennial project: Library of Congress Archive of Folk Song" ; includes recordings from field and commercial sources. Notes include words of the songs, and bibliographical and discographical ...