He's become one of the most acclaimed guitarists today of heavy metal — and bluegrass. John Lowery, performing under the stage name John 5, has played with Marilyn Manson, Rob Zombie and David Lee ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In the “bluegrass music capital of the world,” found-metal artist Andy Shoemaker of Medieval Man Studio, is creating a collection ...

Musicians have always moved their art forward by cross-pollinating genres. It’s how we got rock ’n’ roll, jazz fusion and, regrettably, funk metal. But while overlapping certain styles makes intuitive ...

Alternative metal band Fair to Midland is finally ready to announce that its soon-to-be released album is to be called "Arrows and Anchors," and will be out by mid-summer on their newly-signed label, ...

banjos, harmonicas and various other hollow wooden instruments, but it isn't a country band and it isn't folk. It also isn't, despite its twang, an Americana or roots-music outfit. Instead, the ...

So, a Finnish bluegrass hillbilly band walks into a bar….No, it’s not the beginning of a joke, it’s the start of an evening on Steve ‘N’ Seagulls’ first-ever U.S. tour. If there’s a punchline, it’s ...

If you’re wondering what Ponder the Albatross will play when they open for Shawn James, you’re not alone. Even the band doesn’t know. “We’re very ‘on the fly,'” says bandleader, vocalist and mandolin ...

I thought I was the only guy who dug Metallica and Old Crow Medicine Show. But roots ace Stash Wyslouch, formerly of the amazing Deadly Gentlemen, has produced a whole album of heavy riffs and ...

Check out the latest in cross-genre collaboration, and no, I’m not talking about Ben Shapiro and Tom MacDonald’s rap song. At a show in Nashville, TN on January 23, iconic post-metal band Tool brought ...

I want to chill like Billy Strings is chilling. Sitting in front of a tapestry on his couch at his home in Nashville, the bluegrass all-star has a truly down-to-earth attitude about things. He tells ...

I’m having a hard time figuring out if Grandpa’s Cough Medicine‘s “The Murder Chord,” a bluegrass song about a kid who gets into metal and is subsequently inspired to murder his entire family, is ...

HAMDEN — GuitartownCT Productions presents Billy Strings and Don Julin, Monday, Nov. 18, 8 p.m., at The Space, 295 Treadwell St. Billy Strings and Don Julin play traditional American string band music ...