Best American Roots Performance is a relatively new Grammy Awards category: It was added in 2015, with Rosanne Cash taking home the inaugural trophy. Who do you think will add the award to their collection this year?
The 2016 Grammy Awards are right around the corner, and this year, the nominees range from fresh-faced newcomers to tried-and-true legends. The Grammy for Best Folk Album went to Old Crow Medicine Show in 2015, and this year, there's a whole new set of talented nominees.
Bela Fleck and Abigail Washburn are combining their talents for a worthwhile cause. The husband and wife, who are both world-renowned banjo players, will perform a concert live from their living room to raise money for Stand for Children.
World-renowned banjo player Bela Fleck is married to fellow banjo player and singer Abigail Washburn. But while the couple have been married for a few years, and are the proud parents of almost one-year-old son, Juno, they say the time was never right to record an album together, until now.
Music City residents may be used to seeing country music icons on stage and around town, but next month fans will get a deeper glimpse at some country favorites on the big screen.
Although he's a gifted multi-instrumentalist, Jerry Douglas has become world-renowned for his mastery of the resonator guitar a/k/a the Dobro. In fact, James Taylor told Guitar Player magazine that Jerry Douglas is "the Muhammad Ali of the Dobro...