For nine years here at WMOT, I’ve been proud and privileged to select and remark on thirty albums from the closing year that ...

Here's every 2026 music festival near Phoenix, from Innings Festival and Extra Innings to M3F Bike Week, Reggae Rise Up and ...

The streaming platform also announced several updates to its Replay feature, making a strong push to rival Spotify’s year-end Wrapped feature. By Nicole Fell Assistant Editor Apple Music has unveiled ...

As DEI battles and funding shifts roil campuses, music programs from UCLA to Juilliard continue to grow. THR ranks the 20 schools shaping the next generation of composers. By Jeff Bond Conservatories ...

C.J. Lewandowski of the Po' Ramblin' Boys and his hero, mandolin player Bobby Osborne. As the Po’ Ramblin’ Boys emerged as one of the most in-demand and important bluegrass bands of the past 10 years, ...

An AI-generated country song has topped Billboard‘s “Country Digital Song Sales” chart in the United States — once again highlighting how ubiquitous algorithmically generated music is becoming. The ...

Breaking Rust has reached the top of the Billboard Country Digital Song Sales chart with its single “Walk My Walk.” This normally would bring praise for an emerging artist, but the song was created by ...

I did not get a ticket for Friday’s basketball game against Kansas, so naturally, I took myself to Cat’s Cradle to spend the night with two bluegrass phenoms: East Nash Grass and AJ Lee & Blue Summit.

The foundations of funk were laid down in the mid-1960s, when James Brown began to emphasize the first beat of each measure in his stage-tested and frenzy-inducing R&B songs. Before the decade's end, ...

A while back I was attending an iconic bluegrass artist’s concert with a friend. As the night neared its end, my buddy was getting a bit tired after a long run of slower tunes and declared, “OK, let’s ...

STAPLETON, Ala. (WKRG) – The Stapleton Bluegrass Festival is returning for another year with performances from Junior Sisk, Amanda Cook, Three on a String, and much more. The music festival will be ...

Harrison, Illinois - Serving as the 2025 host band, Grass Attack warmly welcomed other bands at the Two Rivers Bluegrass Festival on September 19-21, 2025. Harrison, Illinois - Bluegrass Express ...