Let’s get a couple of things said right up front. Bill Monroe invented bluegrass music. He didn’t invent mountain or hillbilly music, and I just said that those were forerunners of bluegrass.

Everyone knows the song “Tennessee Waltz.” In the past 75 years, it’s been recorded more than 500 times and has sold around 14 million records. In 1965, it became the official Tennessee state song.

"Bill Monroe, often called the father of Bluegrass music, established the classic Bluegrass sound - high, pure tenor voice, powerful mandolin solos against the banjo background. Bluegrass remains ...

The members of Monroe Crossing are no strangers to the International Falls community. The bluegrass entertainers will appear in concert at Backus Community Center at 7 p.m. Sept. 21.  Named in ...

The Kentucky-born Bill Monroe, often called the Father of Bluegrass, first popularized the music in the 1940s. His Blue Grass Boys band originally featured Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs ...

Bluegrass enthusiasts will soon have the chance to immerse themselves in the rich sounds of the beloved genre at the ...

As a young boy, he met bluegrass icon Bill Monroe, signing autographs after a ... a reference to the “hat acts” dominating country music at the time. Since 2002, Stuart has recorded and ...