Lee Pike, center, plays the fiddle during the Handsome Ladies all-women bluegrass jam at the Larry’s Coffee headquarters in Raleigh on Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2018. Lee Pike and her mother, Vickie Posey, ...

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 ...

The International Bluegrass Music Association conference, awards ceremony, Bluegrass Ramble and World of Bluegrass is in Raleigh, NC, Sept. 25-29, 2018. Find our stories here. When five first ladies ...

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 ...

There are plenty of theories about why so few women played and sang bluegrass early on. Mary A. Bufwack and Robert K. Oermann, in their tome Finding Her Voice: Women in Country Music, 1800-2000, point ...

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 ...

In bluegrass, it’s a man’s world. That was the focus of a panel discussion at an International Bluegrass Music Association's World of Bluegrass event Thursday in Raleigh. IBMA World of Bluegrass ...

Women in the Indianapolis 500 is nothing new; they go back to 1977 when Janet Guthrie became the first to qualify for the race. But this year, women will make history at the Indy 500. For the first ...

To continue reading this content, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings and refresh this page. In bluegrass, it’s a man’s world. That was the focus of ...

Everyone is taking advantage of the warm August weather to showcase outside this weekend, from Ithaca’s movies in the park to the many musical performances under the blue sky. There’s the 49th edition ...