The iconic North Carolina bluegrass musician Earl Scruggs would have turned 100 on Jan. 6. On Saturday, the Earl Scruggs Center in Shelby will host a special concert to honor his memory with the ...

Banjo player Earl Scruggs, who helped shape the sound of American bluegrass music, died Wednesday. He was 88 years old. Scruggs' name is almost synonymous with the banjo — and for good reason. He ...

Melissa Block remembers bluegrass banjo player Earl Scruggs, who died Wednesday at the age of 88. The North Carolina native popularized the three-finger playing style, and dazzled audiences with a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. CoraWagoner_Bonnaroo2023 - Credit: Cora Wagoner* When he was three years old, Jerry Douglas heard the groundbreaking banjo licks ...

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 ...

The man who helped create modern country music and made banjo playing popular across the world has died at age 88. Earl Scruggs passed away from natural causes on Wednesday in a Nashville area ...

The late Earl Scruggs was the definitive bluegrass banjo player of the 20th century. From his distinctive three finger roll technique to influential years with Bill Monroe's Blue Grass Boys, Flatt & ...

Bluegrass banjo musician Earl Scruggs was honored with a Google Doodle on Friday. Scruggs was credited for developing his tone three-finger banjo picking style, which is now called the "Scruggs style, ...

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NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Bluegrass legend and banjo pioneer Earl Scruggs, who helped profoundly change country music with Bill Monroe in the 1940s and later with guitarist Lester Flatt, has died. He was 88.