If you know American bluegrass music, you know Earl Scruggs. Today, Google's doodle team created an animated illustration in honor of the famed banjo-picking pioneer, who would have celebrated his ...

When he was three years old, Jerry Douglas heard the groundbreaking banjo licks of Earl Scruggs on the turntable each morning during breakfast at his childhood home in northeastern Ohio. “And we’d ...

Earl Eugene Scruggs was an American musician noted for popularizing a three-finger banjo picking style, now called "Scruggs style", which is a defining characteristic of bluegrass music. His ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - It may be impossible to overstate the importance of bluegrass legend Earl Scruggs to American music. A pioneering banjo player who helped create modern country music, his sound ...

“Few players have changed the way we hear an instrument the way Earl has, putting him in a category with Miles Davis, Louis Armstrong, Chet Atkins and Jimi Hendrix.” Those words, penned by actor, ...

On May 22, an all-star crew of Americana, bluegrass and country stars joined forces at the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum to elevate the legacy of bluegrass icon Earl Scruggs. Country Music ...

Already a giant of American music, bluegrass banjo player Earl Scruggs would seem to have nothing left to prove. The 78-year-old North Carolina native is a member of the Country Music Hall of Fame, ...

Backstage at the Earl Scruggs Music Festival in North Carolina, Marty Stuart has just finished a whirlwind set on the Flint Hill Stage. A blitzkrieg of country, bluegrass, and rock, Stuart & His ...