Bill Monroe

IOWA Rose Festival State Center, the "Rose Capital of Iowa," will hold its 51st Rose Festival with a rose queen competition, carnival rides, a parade down Main Street and other family-friendly activities on a two-acre site full of roses. The four-day...

Bear Family Records' remarkable new release, "Let Me Be Your Sidetrack: The Influence of Jimmie Rodgers," makes a persuasive argument that Rodgers is one of the most important figures in the history of country music. According to the liner notes for...

As one of the most respected figures in the history of the blues, John Lee Hooker should have been an early giant of rock 'n' roll, right? His "Boogie Chillen' " was a smash R&B single in 1949 — just about the time Elvis Presley and the other rock...

There are delectable edibles inside the Runcible Spoon café, but visitors must be lured by aroma alone. The display cases are hidden by the picture window. Yes, hidden, because it's covered with handbills. There are various offers for massage therapy,...

By the time "Captain Corelli's Mandolin" has sounded its last note, pesky questions leap to mind like pesky fish in a wine-dark sea. Who can say, for instance: * why "Corelli's Mandolin," a title good enough to make the original Louis de Bernieres...

Given that "Grateful Dawg" focuses on the collaboration between Jerry Garcia and David Grisman, it's to be expected that the music is going to be wonderful, and it is. But there is more to this film, a surprising amount more. Garcia, the late lead...

The 12th annual Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction dinner on Tuesday may have been held on the edge of Lake Erie, but there was a strong California spirit for much of the night in the grand ballroom of the Renaissance Cleveland Hotel. Too bad there...