In December 2010, a mysterious banjo tune popped up on a website devoted to early recordings. Even by that definition, this song stood out. It dated back to when Grover Cleveland occupied the White ...

In December 2010, a mysterious banjo tune popped up on a website devoted to early recordings. Even by that definition, this song stood out. It dated back to when Grover Cleveland occupied the White ...

He bends over the old instrument, his eyes narrowed, the tortoise-shell pick in his right hand working rapid runs up and down a fretboard that’s as black as an old peat bog. The sounds are tuneful yet ...

One of the most indelible moments in banjo history took place in the 1972 movie "Deliverance," when an odd-looking teen played the instrument from an old wooden porch. The song he played ("Dueling ...

In what will amount to an early Christmas present for bluegrass pickers and music lovers across Western North Carolina and ...

The banjo had a tough upbringing, but is now more well known for its sense of fun – something We Banjo 3 are hoping to capitalise on IT’S AN instrument that can elicit a slow drawl of a smile or send ...

Tony Trischka is a banjoist, whose show Monday night at the intimate David Adler Cultural Center in Libertyville included a reading from a children’s book, as well as 19th Century newspaper ...

Japanese guitarist Hiroya Tsukamoto started out as a banjo player in his home city of Kyoto, teaching himself to play by listening to the only bluegrass record he owned, Earl Scruggs’ “Foggy Mountain ...

Program and biographical notes by Charlie Faurot on container. "Old time banjo and fiddle tunes"; featuring Wade Ward, Fred Cockerham, George Stoneman and Kyle Creed, with instrumental ensemble.

LOWELL — Beth Eldridge’s favorite fiddle song is a crooked three-part in the key of A. And one of the only times she plays it with her husband Woody Pringle is at the Banjo & Fiddle Contest in Lowell.