From Molly Tuttle’s clawhammer innovation to Bryan Sutton’s flatpicking mastery, today’s bluegrass guitar blends deep-rooted tradition with fresh approaches. Whether refining tone through rosewood or ...

The landscape of bluegrass flatpicking is shifting under the weight of two modern giants: Billy Strings and B\u00e9la Fleck. With Strings\u2019 2026 tour underway and recent analyses of his ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Six bluegrass guitarists you need to hear. From the iconic roots planted by Bill Monroe to innovators like Billy Strings and Molly ...

Wide Open Flatpicking employs TrueFire’s adaptive learning technologies and tools optimized for bluegrass guitarists. This suite of tools accelerates learning, improves retention, and provides ...

The artist’s path is an increasingly tangled one in the year 2025, but for guitarists, it’s not so complicated. While money and adulation are fine intentions, a true six stringer needs but one thing ...

Tony Rice, a flatpicking guitarist considered one of the giants of bluegrass, has died at 69 on December 25, according to a Facebook post by his former label, Rounder Records. In 2013, Rice was ...

Tony Rice, the bluegrass guitarist and vocalist known for his elegant, innovative flatpicking, died Friday at his home in Reidsville, North Carolina. He was 69. Rice’s death was confirmed by the ...

Doc Watson, the beloved Grammy-winning, flatpicking folk guitarist, died on March 29, 2012, in North Carolina. He was 89 years old.

Bluegrass legend Tony Rice, a virtuoso guitarist whose fluent flatpicking landed him in the Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame, has died suddenly at age 69. Rice passed away Christmas Day at his home in ...