Bill Monroe didn’t invent bluegrass music, but he refined it and is the person most often referred to as the “Father of Bluegrass.” The classic instrumentation includes upright bass, banjo, fiddle, ...
Who is Indiana's greatest living musician? A pop fan might say Janet Jackson. A rock fan, maybe John Mellencamp or Axl Rose? Or, perhaps Bloomington's lauded classical violinist, Joshua Bell, is the ...
Sarah Ellis, a 10-year-old fiddler from Chrisman, Ill., says she likes performing bluegrass with the Coon Holler Kids because the music “is really fast, and I get to sing harmony.” By contrast, ...