Japan's love affair with the genre began with brothers Yasushi and Hisashi Ozaki, who formed the country's first bluegrass duo in 1957. Today,... Meet The Musicians Behind Japan's Vibrant Bluegrass ...

Seventy years after the U.S. occupation of Japan, a devoted group of Japanese musicians pursue their passion for American country and bluegrass music in honky-tonks from Tokyo to Nashville. Far ...

Japanese bluegrass band Bluegrass 45 finds cultural unity through their music in the South. Bluegrass 45, one of Japan’s first bluegrass bands, brings its unique sound to the American South. Through ...

An American named Dick Freeman of Rebel Records booked Bluegrass 45 for a 1971 tour, in which they eagerly got to see where their music came from and share their string chops for huge crowds, meeting ...

Remember that song from Kenny Loggins? Hear it again when "Footloose the Musical" opens Sept. 30 and runs through Oct. 3 at the Paramount Center for the Arts in Bristol, Tenn. Staged by Blountville, ...

If it weren't for bluegrass music, there might not be sushi in East Nashville. When Hide Watanabe's father was a boy of 11 or 12 growing up in Kobe, Japan, he bought a radio kit, assembled it, and ...

In the case of bluegrass, younger people encountered the music after World War II through radio stations on American military bases. Then, as now, some listeners are drawn to the fast tempos and ...