When Del McCoury needs a new song, he doesn't enlist a cohort of co-writers or entrust one of Music Row's famed publishing houses. He goes to the mailbox. Songwriters — from Canada to California and, ...

On his newest release, "Once Again," bluegrass elder statesman Del McCoury leans into a swaggering, swinging, piano-led shuffle; blue as blue can get. "It's the same night after night, heart broke on ...

Del McCoury announced he will be releasing a new album titled Almost Proud on Feb. 18. The 82-year-old has released scores upon scores of albums over his career which has spanned six decades. His ...

“I was as nervous as a cat in a room full of rocking chairs,” Del McCoury says of his early shows with Bill Monroe. This was back in 1963, when McCoury was a 24-year-old kid, tall and skinny with hair ...

The Del McCoury Band on Mountain Stage in 2013. Our Song of the Week comes from Bluegrass legend Del McCoury and his band, and appears on Old Memories: The Songs of Bill Monroe, released in 2012. The ...

This is FRESH AIR. Del McCoury leads one of the most popular and respected bands in bluegrass music, The Del McCoury Band, which includes his son Rob on banjo and son Ronnie on mandolin. A singer and ...

The Del McCoury Band is a Grammy Award-winning bluegrass band. Originally Del McCoury and the Dixie Pals with Del on guitar and his brother Jerry on bass, the band went through a number of changes ...

Del McCoury sustains a 70-year career blending tradition with genre fluidity. The Del McCoury Band continues releasing new music, including a 2024 single. Collaborations span icons from Bill Monroe to ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Molly Tuttle and her band Golden Highway won Album of the Year at the 2024 IBMA Awards. - Credit: Rob Laughter* Jerry Douglas took ...

May 26—CUMBERLAND, Md. — Any concerns that 84-year-old Del McCoury might not be able to sing and play like he used to were quickly erased Thursday afternoon when the Del McCoury Band kicked off the ...

McCoury's been prominent in bluegrass since the 1960s, when he performed in Bill Monroe's Bluegrass Boys. His new album, with sons Rob and Ronnie, in an energetic work that also takes a dark turn.