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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Born of jam sessions around a wood-burning stove and the notion that he always wanted his own bluegrass band, Peter Rowan (a bluegrass veteran who got his start with Bill Monroe) and his band are just ...

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 ...

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Wearing patchwork pants and an easy smile, Bluegrass Hall of Famer Peter Rowan tipped the blue hand-thrown pottery jug inscribed with his name to his lips as if he were taking a large swig of ...

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 ...

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 ...