Bill Monroe

Earl Scruggs dies at 88; banjo legend was half of Flatt & Scruggs

2012-03-29 00:00:00

Bill Monroe, the man widely acknowledged as the father of bluegrass music, was in search of a new banjo player for his famed Blue Grass Boys when a young musician turned up backstage at Nashville's celebrated Ryman Auditorium during a 1945 Grand Ole...

Levon Helm dies at 71; drummer and singer with the Band

2012-04-20 00:00:00

Levon Helm is most widely known for the songs he sang that found their way onto the pop charts during his long tenure as drummer and singer for the Band: "Up On Cripple Creek," "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down" and "Don't Do It," earthy and infectious...

Earl Scruggs, bluegrass legend, dies at age 88

2012-03-28 21:38:10

Earl Scruggs: Remembering a bluegrass and American music legend

2012-03-28 21:38:09

Earl Scruggs laid a foundation for others to build on, Marty Stuart says

2012-03-30 16:35:57

PASSINGS: Bill Monroe, John Strauss

2011-02-18 00:00:00

Bill Monroe Host of NBC's 'Meet the Press' Bill Monroe, 90, who hosted the long-running Washington political television show "Meet the Press" for nearly a decade, died Thursday at a Washington-area nursing home. Monroe was the NBC show's fourth...

First Look: The Secret Sisters' PBS special from Hollywood

2010-09-02 16:35:29

Inside the banjo players' studio: Ed Helms and Steve Martin talk frailing, fingering and timing

2011-04-26 16:35:57

Stagecoach: Vocal harmony from the Secret Sisters, Rhonda Vincent and Steel Magnolia

2011-04-30 21:36:51

Stagecoach: A strong dose of roots country in the Harters, Triple Chicken Foot and the Coal Porters

2011-05-01 21:36:12

Grammys 2011: T Bone Burnett gets Recording Academy President's Special Merit Award, slams MP3 technology

2011-02-10 16:37:25

Scott Cooper: The body and soul behind 'Crazy Heart'

2009-12-22 16:32:27

DON'T MISS Lucinda Williams. After several years living in Nashville, this Louisiana-born singer-songwriter is a Southern California resident once again.

2007-05-02 18:40:23

The musician, who got his start with Bill Monroe's Blue Grass Boys, later recorded or toured with Paul McCartney, the Allman Brothers and Cream.

2005-08-18 12:52:15

Bill Monroe in 1963.

2001-08-22 18:12:05