Bill Monroe, the "Father of Bluegrass" who influenced everyone from Ricky Skaggs to Jerry Garcia, was born 115 years ago today in Kentucky.

INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — The Bill Monroe Bluegrass Festival, the nation's longest-running bluegrass festival, returns June 17-20 to Bill Monroe's Music Park & Campground in Morgantown, Indiana. The ...

Bill Monroe transmuted childhood tragedy into an entirely new genre of music. The original singer of the popular Elvis Presley hit “Blue Moon of Kentucky,” Monroe blended “Scottish bagpipes and ...

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The rolling hills of Kentucky are adorned with a soft blue hue each spring thanks to Poa, a type of luscious green grass that blooms bright, delicate flowers atop its blades. These flowers can be ...

To many, Bill Monroe is known as the father of bluegrass. But listen to his Blue Grass Boys and you’ll hear echoes of the man who mentored Monroe — fiddler and guitarist Arnold Shultz, the son of a ...

The stunning Tennessee estate that belonged to country music icon Bill Monroe is currently for sale, and the buyer will be getting a piece of history. Bluegrass Today reports that the pioneering ...