Bluegrass and old-time are both roots off the same folk-music tree. But you might get yourself in trouble if you tell purists from either camp that they’re the same thing.

The Grammy Award-winning bluegrass pioneer died yesterday. He was 89. Stanley spoke to Fresh Air in 2002 about his career and his work on the O Brother, Where Art Thou? soundtrack.

Martin has won five Grammy Awards over his lifetime, including Best Bluegrass Album for ‘The Crow: New Songs for the 5-string Banjo’ in 2010.

Because bluegrass banjo is not mainstream music, you wonder if the background material is included to give needed context to the songs. Not at all, explains Martin, 63.

The brothers were swept into the burgeoning folk movement and they toured the country playing folk and bluegrass festivals during the '60s, including the Newport Folk Festival in 1959 and 1964.

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.

The Grammy Award-winning bluegrass pioneer died yesterday. He was 89. Stanley spoke to Fresh Air in 2002 about his career and his work on the O Brother, Where Art Thou? soundtrack.

Bluegrass music legend Ralph Stanley died Thursday. He was 89. His publicist, Kirt Webster, confirmed the singer’s passing, the Associated Press reported. Among his countless accomplishments ...