Varnado is hailed as the most awarded fiddle player in the United States. He was the Fiddle Player of the Year in 2017, as determined by the Academy of Country Music. The 55-year-old Port Arthur ...

A perfect example of this is Japan’s bluegrass scene, which is unreal right now. Although bluegrass originated in the Appalachian region of the United States in the 1900s, its roots span well before ...

If Country Gentlemen opened the door for progressive bluegrass, John Hartford invited the hippies in. Hartford was an accomplished fiddle and banjo player, who could pay respect to the old-school ...

Best Bluegrass Album Grammy-nominated performer ... for jam sessions in her living room — her husband and fellow fiddle player Jason Carter and the previously mentioned Tuttle — also appear ...