The Isidore String Quartet played three pieces Tuesday, and the program itself illustrated that dialogue between past and ...

This small Virginia town attracts mountain music enthusiasts from around the world. In Southwest Virginia, you’ll find dozens of small mountain towns, but for old-time mountain music, the place to go ...

Each year for the past 89, Galax, Va., has hosted what it proclaims is the world's oldest and largest fiddler's convention. People come from all around to keep alive a rich American musical tradition.

This post was updated May 22 at 9:43 p.m. Community and tradition inspire the performers of the Old-Time String Band and African American Music Ensemble. Each class of musical performers has shared a ...

In March of 2025, at the annual Big Ears Music Festival in Knoxville, Tennessee, I was one of hundreds of festival-goers entranced by a group of up-and-coming musicians exploring a storied American ...

Groups from Virginia took top honors in both the bluegrass and old-time band competition during last weekend's fiddlers convention in Mount Airy. Five Mile Mountain Road, out of Franklin County, was ...