2024's release of epic Tom Petty country covers album "Petty Country" emerged on the CMA Awards stage via Dierks Bentley joining with a trio of award-winning female bluegrass performers for a spirited ...

ROANOKE, Va. (WDBJ) - “Fortunately, there are so many more women playing music, thanks to just educational opportunities for kids getting into bluegrass. There’s just a lot of girls empowered to play ...

For all the progressivism that's inherent in musical creation, the fact remains that the music industry is largely a patriarchal structure. There are plenty of huge female acts, but the ...

Ever since their first performance at McAwesome Fest in May 2021, the members of all-female bluegrass band Big Richard have been having a blast. “It was crazy chemistry right from the start, like we ...

On 80 acres of woodland, tucked in along the shores of the sacred Mississippi River, thousands of people gather each year to find peace, show gratitude and honor the storytelling traditions already ...

When Claire Lynch’s family moved from New York to Alabama when she was 12, she recalls hearing little bluegrass. But after graduating from high school, she saw it live for the first time and found ...

In 2020, bluegrass group Sister Sadie made history by becoming the first all-female group to win the International Bluegrass Music Association (IBMA)’s coveted top honor: entertainer of the year. That ...

Vincent is by far one of the best-known names and voices in bluegrass this decade. In 2006, the same year she released "All American," she was named the International Bluegrass Music Association's ...

It was far from the first time something like this had happened. But maybe it was the last straw. In May 2021, a private music festival in Castle Rock needed to add female representation to its ...

A former Kentucky Wildcat secured her third Bluegrass 10,000 women’s division win, while a current runner at the University of Dayton won the men’s and overall titles in Lexington’s annual Fourth of ...