ALBANY >> Banjo player Peter Rowan was 21 and Bill Monroe was 50 when the Bluegrass Boys played the Grand Ole Opry in 1964. At 22, Peter left the Father of Bluegrass. His next gig was with Jerry ...

When Peter Rowan was a guitarist and singer with Bill Monroe’s Blue Grass Boys, the legendary mandolinist gave his young protégé some invaluable advice. “He knew I wanted to play other stuff, and he ...

Each era of bluegrass symbol, Peter Rowan’s career will be honored in song on January 23, 2026, at the Mother Church in Nashville. The evening has been titled Decades in Song: Celebrating the Eras of ...

Peter Rowan has announced a new LP entitled Calling You From My Mountain set to release June 24 via Rebel Records. Along with the album announcement, Rowan shared the first single “The Song That Made ...

In our second installment of performances from Bill Monroe’s former home in Raleigh, we met with onetime Bluegrass Boy Peter Rowan. Rowan was a part of Monroe’s legendary backing group from 1964 until ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The eclectic blend of bluegrass, blues, country, folk, jazz and rock music that forged the career of Grateful Dead frontman Jerry ...

Rebel Records is proud to announce a new album from pioneering American roots musician Peter Rowan. Rowan's second album for Rebel, Calling You From My Mountain features star turns from Shawn Camp, ...

This interview was originally broadcast on Nov. 24, 2010. In 2010, the four members of the Peter Rowan Bluegrass Band joined Fresh Air for an in-studio performance, as well as a discussion of ...

Grammy-award winner and six-time Grammy nominee, Peter Rowan is a bluegrass singer-songwriter with a career spanning over five decades. From his early years playing under the tutelage of bluegrass ...

Bill Monroe, the father of bluegrass, possessed a notoriously proud and prickly personality on and off the bandstand. For Peter Rowan, who added a jolt of energy to Monroe’s Blue Grass Boys when he ...

The four members of the Peter Rowan Bluegrass Band recently joined Fresh Air for an in-studio performance, as well as a discussion of traditional and modern bluegrass music. Grammy-winning lead ...