Classic Banjo, out August 6, features tracks by the best American banjo players over the past 60 years. Photo courtesy of Smithsonian Folkways Recordings The banjo conjures American musical icons: the ...

Bob Ervin is certain that “you can’t listen to banjo music without tapping your foot.” And that means there will be plenty of tapping going on when the annual North American International Banjo ...

Of course we applaud the artistry that Bela Fleck, as well as a score of bluegrass wizards, have shown the banjo is capable of producing. And if the celebrity status that Steve Martin has brought to ...

CHICOPEE, Mass. (WWLP) – The Banjo Pickin’ Gals were stringing to a tune Tuesday night. Paula Bradley and Marylou Ferrante were live at the Chicopee Public Library for a delightful show. The duo ...

Today’s Google Doodle celebrates banjo legend Earl Scruggs, whose three-fingered method of picking the strings changed the sound of music forever. The Doodle includes a gif of Scruggs’ picking style ...

EGGLESTON, Va. (AP) - At the end of a road that goes from asphalt to gravel to dirt, Greg Galbreath crafts Appalachia’s instrument. Inside a homey woodshop, he’s bringing the story of an owl and mouse ...

Discographical, historical and biographical notes by Charles Wolfe and Patricia A. Hall on container and ([16] p. : ill. ; 22 cm.) inserted. Performer(s): Various performers. Production notes: ...

Some years ago, I briefly toured the Midwest playing harmonica with Ralph Stanley and the Clinch Mountain Boys. Quite how an English teenager came to be there still mystifies me as much as it surely ...

In October 2002, Peter Lesser, executive director of The Egg, produced a special concert at the venue focused on New York state banjo players. The lineup included Tony Trischka, Bill Keith, Bela Fleck ...