People often say that music is the great unifier. For instance, you can go to a concert and be surrounded by hundreds or thousands of strangers but everyone has at least one thing in common—love for ...

Abigail Washburn was going to be a lawyer in China and help bridge the gap between the United States and China. She went to China with the plan in mind. Then she discovered the banjo. Washburn, 36, ...

COLUMBIA-Hazel Kinder, owner and operator of Hazel Kinder's Lighthouse Theater, didn't have to think for long when she started lining up acts for the second annual Bluegrass Festival on July 13-14.