David Royko

Jim & Jesse `Jim & Jesse: The Old Dominion Masters' (Pinecastle) After trolling through mainstream country waters for much of the late 1960s and early '70s -- and snaring a...

How does a vagabond go home? Because Bela Fleck plays the five-string banjo, bluegrass purists will swear that his only true home can be with them in their little cabin...

The musical equivalent of Dr. J and Michael Jordan took the stage Saturday night at the Old Town School of Folk Music's Chicago Folk Center, in the guise of banjoists...

Some may argue that a bluegrass music festival held indoors just isn't right. However, Chicagoans have plenty of opportunities to spend music-filled weekends at hot, humid, rainy, mosquito-infested, mid-summer outdoor...