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Alison Krauss and Union Station, Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Sierra Hull, and more celebrate the late, great picking pioneer ...
Earl Scruggs was remembered Sunday as an influential, helpful and humble banjo player who put his own mark on bluegrass music.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Earl Scruggs was remembered Sunday as an influential, helpful and humble banjo player who put his own trademark on bluegrass music. Some 2,300 mourners attended Scruggs ...
MILL SPRING, N.C. (WLOS) — The fourth annual Earl Scruggs Music Festival has officially kicked off in the mountains. The iconic bluegrass music event is taking place this weekend at the Tryon ...
The North Carolina bluegrass musician Earl Scruggs would have turned 100 on Jan. 6. Banjo virtuoso Tony Trischka spoke with WFAE's Eric Teel about Scruggs’ legacy.
Bluegrass banjo legend Earl Scruggs has touched the lives of millions of professional and aspiring banjo players worldwide.
Banjo innovator and bluegrass legend Earl Scruggs, a member of the Country Music Hall of Fame, died on Wednesday at a Nashville hospital at age 88.
He’s been dead six years years now, but North Carolina-born banjo master Earl Scruggs found a new audience of millions on Friday.
The banjo, for years in the background, stepped out of the shadows in the steady hands of Earl Scruggs. Beyond his many recordings and appearances, the bluegrass music legend, who died Wednesday ...