It is rare that the head of any museum can capture the essence of a groundbreaking new exhibit and concert series with a deceptively simple joke — or that they would even try. Carolyn Grant, the ...

Beyoncé's surprise new country album has kicked open the saloon doors to a new audience. While this may not be Beyoncé's first rodeo when it comes to country music, people are now exploring the genre ...

In 1963, when the folk-music trend made a young Greg Deering want to learn to play the banjo, his mother said no. But he was obsessed, desperate to create the sounds he had heard on a Kingston Trio ...

Grammy Award-winner Alison Brown’s status as the world’s most unlikely banjo star is as undeniable as her command of the steel-stringed instrument long synonymous with her name. Her star-studded new ...

Unless the room is ultra-hip -- meaning, its occupants know something about Don Vappie or Bela Fleck -- banjo gets a bad rap. The new PBS documentary titled "Give Me the Banjo," narrated by Steve ...

On May 22, an all-star crew of Americana, bluegrass and country stars joined forces at the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum to elevate the legacy of bluegrass icon Earl Scruggs. Country Music ...

At the back of the pizza parlor sit five rows of musicians, plucking and bouncing away. They all wear red vests. They all wear black bow ties. And they all wear broad smiles. They say they can't help ...

A party by the Inner Harbor this weekend celebrates Charm City’s long tradition of tapping a foot to the fiddle and nodding in agreement with the banjo. The Baltimore Old Time Music Festival on Friday ...

One of America’s oldest musical traditions was right here is La Crosse Sunday when the main event of the 54 th Annual Midwest Banjo Fest was held: The Midwest Banjo Jamboree. Also on it’s 54 th year, ...

This summer marks the 40th anniversary of the screen adaptation of James Dickey’s Deliverance, as famous for its Grammy Award-winning instrumental song “Dueling Banjos” as its unsettling “bet you can ...

Inside his antiques-filled living room, Ed Taylor picks up a bluegrass-style five-string banjo and begins plucking away with the grace and elegance that only happens after decades of muscle memory.