This post was updated May 22 at 9:43 p.m. Community and tradition inspire the performers of the Old-Time String Band and African American Music Ensemble. Each class of musical performers has shared a ...

Rhiannon Giddens is down at the river, carrying a flame of heritage, and she’s inviting anyone who wants to join her to come down and light their own wicks. Rivers are traditionally sites of salvation ...

An “American roots string band with punk rock attitude and energy,” (PBS) Old Crow Medicine Show makes its Penn Live Arts debut with a dynamic mix of traditional country, old-time string music, ...

Old Crow Medicine Show started busking on street corners from New York state to Canada in 1998, attracting fans through its rich harmonies within its version of traditional folk, bluegrass and ...

Traditional Country, Bluegrass, Cajun, Western Swing, Old Time String Band, and Country Jazz. Hosted alternately by Tom Diamant or Allegra Thompson.

“If you’ve followed me this far and didn’t know I was a hippie, I don’t know what to tell you,” Rhiannon Giddens told the sold-out audience that gathered for her May 8 Old-Time Revue at Cincinnati, ...

The Dustbowl Revival never found a musical niche because it never went looking for one. The eclectic eight-piece band’s contemporary spin on vintage Americana traditions has sent it into bluegrass and ...