This post was updated May 22 at 9:43 p.m. Community and tradition inspire the performers of the Old-Time String Band and African American Music Ensemble. Each class of musical performers has shared a ...

In March of 2025, at the annual Big Ears Music Festival in Knoxville, Tennessee, I was one of hundreds of festival-goers entranced by a group of up-and-coming musicians exploring a storied American ...

Bring a lawn chair or blanket and enjoy a free concert on the lawn in front of the house, featuring the Old Jawbone, an old-time string band. Bring a blanket or lawn chairs and find a spot on the lawn ...

Twenty years ago, the old-time string band Carolina Chocolate Drops turned heads and wowed audiences. They were young. They were Black. And with their fiddles and banjos, they launched a movement that ...

Traditional Country, Bluegrass, Cajun, Western Swing, Old Time String Band, and Country Jazz. Hosted alternately by Tom Diamant or Allegra Thompson.

Retro footage from Shannon Street Blues Fest in 2011 and Old Time Music Festival from 2006. Shannon Street Blues Fest #110 Eden Brent (2011) / Old Time Music Festival #106 Slap Happy Old Time String ...