If you know how to play the banjo, you’ve probably learned how to play “Foggy Mountain Breakdown.” The same goes for students of guitar, violin, mandolin, and more—the song has become a standard for ...

Tritt isn’t the only one stepping out of his box for this performance. Most fans know that Gill has been playing bluegrass for decades. However, they likely know him best for his voice and guitar ...

Banjo player Earl Scruggs, who helped define the sound of bluegrass, died Wednesday morning. Scruggs, who began playing the banjo when he was four years old, just after his father died, and would go ...

The crisp, lightning-fast finger-picking sounds of Earl Scruggs’ bluegrass classic, “Foggy Mountain Breakdown,” emanate from the banjo played by Chris Joslin. The distinctive ringing twang reaches the ...

NASHVILLE -- 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.