Earlier this month, as part of the year-long celebration of America’s 250th anniversary, students and local music enthusiasts ...

There’s a patch of rolling farmland near the junction of Davidson and Randolph counties — that’s 20-some miles from Asheboro ...

Former child actor Keith Thibodeaux, also known as Richard Keith, took to Facebook on Thursday to mourn the loss of his “The Andy Griffith Show” co-star and decades-long friend Dennis Rush, who died ...

Dennis Rush, former child star best known for his roles as a young Creighton Chaney opposite James Cagney in Man Of A Thousand Faces, and as Howie, pal of Opie (Ron Howard) on The Andy Griffith Show, ...

He played Lon Chaney Jr. in the James Cagney classic and Howie, one of Opie’s friends, on the beloved CBS sitcom. By Mike Barnes Senior Editor Dennis Rush, who played Lon Chaney Jr. as a youngster ...

Andy Griffith starred in 1957's 'A Face in the Crowd,' which forced the actor to go to a dark place John Springer Collection/CORBIS/Corbis via Getty Andy Griffith's movie career ended before it had ...

People picture The Andy Griffith Show as warm and gentle. But before Mayberry, Andy Griffith played Lonesome Rhodes in A Face in the Crowd. The 1957 film, directed by Elia Kazan, shows a drifter who ...

PINEWOOD – What started as a “tongue-in-cheek” event 24 years ago has grown into a full-fledged bluegrass festival tucked away in rural Pinewood, a very small S.C. town about halfway between Columbia ...

Bowman won an ACM for co-writing Stapleton's 'Nobody to Blame' and had No. 1 hits with Chesney's 'Never Wanted Nothing More' and Brooks & Dunn's 'It's Getting Better All the Time,' on top of numerous ...

The bluegrass world is mourning the loss of one of its greats. Ronnie Bowman died Sunday, March 22, after being seriously injured in a motorcycle accident a little over 20 miles northeast of Nashville ...

A bluegrass music legend who also penned hits for some of country music’s biggest stars died Sunday following a motorcycle crash in Tennessee. He was 64. Ronnie Bowman died March 22 due to ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Bluegrass and country music singer-songwriter Ronnie Bowman has died at age 64 after a motorcycle crash in Tennessee. Bowman was injured Saturday, March 21, in a crash in Ashland ...