Last year, The String got a new opening theme tune. “Vera” comes from New York based mandolin virtuoso, composer and band ...

There might not be any more Eagles playoff games this year, but Lincoln Financial Field won’t be silent. The Philadelphia ...

Over the course of its quarter-century-plus life span, Yonder Mountain String Band has released eleven studio albums that capture its enduring appeal and creative songwriting abilities. Fans of the ...

In March of 2025, at the annual Big Ears Music Festival in Knoxville, Tennessee, I was one of hundreds of festival-goers entranced by a group of up-and-coming musicians exploring a storied American ...

The Dickson Oval of Kundiawa came alive on Friday, 16th January 2026, as over 30 string band groups from Simbu, Jiwaka, and Eastern Highlands provinces converged for the inaugural Simbu String Band ...

Appalachian String Band Music Festival held at Camp Washington Carver in Clifftop. The festival is a five-day mountaintop gathering of musicians and friends with contests, concerts, workshops, square ...

The lead single off of Yonder Mountain String Band's upcoming album, Nowhere Next, dances between two emotional poles. “Am I growing or failing?” asks one refrain of the song, Here I Go, featuring ...

Lone Piñon, a four-piece acoustic ensemble from Northern New Mexico, will bring their once forgotten style of Northern New Mexico stringband music to Club Passim on July 28. Lone Piñon's music ...

Four UNG students, along with Dr. Esther Morgan-Ellis, professor of music history, attended the fourth annual String Band Summit, where they presented a workshop and papers. Morgan-Ellis said students ...

Hubby jenkins, of the Carolina Chocolate Drops, speaks of his path to membership in the band as “my own educational journey.” Jenkins, 27, is fairly new to the group; Carolina Chocolate Drops formed ...