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 ...

Earl Scruggs and Lester Flatt were the bluegrass duo, Flatt & Scruggs. The story behind their song, “Foggy Mountain Breakdown,” is the subject of a new book. University of Illinois Press When Flatt ...

We mark the 100th anniversary of The Grand Ole Opry, country music’s biggest stage, and feature interviews with two of its members. First up, bluegrass banjo player Earl Scruggs. He and guitarist ...

On May 22, an all-star crew of Americana, bluegrass and country stars joined forces at the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum to elevate the legacy of bluegrass icon Earl Scruggs. Country Music ...

“I’d be playing ‘Foggy Mountain Breakdown’ on the school desk,” Trischka said with a chuckle. Even today, more than five decades into his own acclaimed banjo career, he said, “Sometimes, I’ll be ...

The deal also includes the majority of the song catalog of his son, Grammy winner Gary Scruggs. By Melinda Newman Building on an association that has spanned more than 75 years, peermusic has acquired ...

Underneath a fingernail moon and the silhouettes of the Blue Ridge Mountains of Western North Carolina, Oliver Wood stood onstage at the Earl Scruggs Music Festival and declared, “This one goes out to ...