When guitarist Tony Rice died on Christmas Day in his North Carolina home, bluegrass music bade farewell to a second-generation star who expressed his music in modern terms and embraced bluegrass’s ...

The music community is mourning the loss of bluegrass guitarist Tony Rice, who passed away on Christmas Day at the age of 69. Rice was renowned for his impeccable flatpicking guitar style and melodic ...

Bluegrass legend Tony Rice, a virtuoso guitarist whose fluent flatpicking landed him in the Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame, has died suddenly at age 69. Rice passed away Christmas Day at his home in ...

Tony Rice, one of the leading lights of bluegrass music since the 1970s, and a 2013 inductee into the International Bluegrass Music Association Hall of Fame, died suddenly on Christmas Day. He was 69.

Legendary bluegrass guitarist Tony Rice died at his home in North Carolina on Dec. 25. He was 69. Former collaborator and longtime friend Ricky Skaggs released a statement on behalf of Rice's widow ...

Like any purists, those in bluegrass music can be prickly. Since its early years, bluegrass—like its parent genre, country music—has exponentially expanded its audience and sonic palette while ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Tony Rice was the greatest bluegrass guitar player to ever live. That may sound hyperbolic, but he singlehandedly changed the way ...

Influential guitarist Tony Rice died on Christmas Day 2020. The renowned master of the acoustic guitar was 69 years old. Among the honors bestowed upon Rice was induction into the International ...

Tony Rice, the master bluegrass picker who drew fans worldwide for the chance to hear the quick, fluid sounds he conjured from his storied Martin D-28 guitar, has died at age 69. Rice died Friday at ...