You may not know the name Earl Scruggs, but you certainly know his sounds. Earl Scruggs, who was born 95 years ago this month, may have passed away years ago, but his contributions to music are so ...

When he was three years old, Jerry Douglas heard the groundbreaking banjo licks of Earl Scruggs on the turntable each morning during breakfast at his childhood home in northeastern Ohio. “And we’d ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Moments before Earl Scruggs' silver-colored casket was escorted from the historic home of the Grand Ole Opry Sunday, a video of Flatt & Scruggs and the Foggy Mountain Boys ...

RALEIGH (WTVD) -- With the 2015 International Bluegrass Music Awards and Wide Open Bluegrass festival in Raleigh this week, musicians from around the world are flocking to the Triangle. They're taking ...

Touring for over fifty years, The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band remains one of the most accomplished bands in American roots music. Grammy award-winning Americana star Jim Lauderdale recorded his seminal ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Marty Stuart and Chris Scruggs, the grandson of bluegrass great Earl Scruggs, perform at Earl Scruggs Music Festival. - Credit: ...

The Earl Scruggs Music Festival returns this weekend for the second year to provide a multi-day celebration of the musician’s contributions and the rich musical culture of the region. Scruggs, dubbed ...

The Earl Scruggs Music Festival, a planned celebration of the foundational bluegrass musician previously put on hold by the COVID-19 pandemic, has been announced for September 2-4, 2022. A partnership ...

“Few players have changed the way we hear an instrument the way Earl has, putting him in a category with Miles Davis, Louis Armstrong, Chet Atkins and Jimi Hendrix.” Those words, penned by actor, ...

Earl Scruggs Music Festival has announced the first round of artists for its inaugural event, taking place Sept. 2-4, 2022. The festivities will take place at the Tryon International Equestrian Center ...

Jan. 11 (UPI) --Google is paying homage to renowned musician and banjo player Earl Scruggs with a new Doodle. Scruggs was born in 1924 in North Carolina where he grew up on a farm. He joined Bill ...