Alison Krauss and Union Station, Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Sierra Hull, and more celebrate the late, great picking pioneer ...

The banjo is typically reserved for folksy country songs, but the instrument can be pretty versatile (even if it still totally sounds like it should be on a folk song). These 11 bands channeled ...

You just had to be there, honestly… that music hits different.

Bluegrass aficionados recognize the pivotal role of banjo instrumentation in crafting its vibrant sound. While instruments like fiddles, upright basses, guitars, and mandolins contribute ...

Long before the banjo was considered a staple instrument in mainstream country music, it went through several iterations, but it always had been deeply connected to the Black experience.

Music from different periods will be played on instruments from appropriate periods. Theirs is a musical tour of the evolution of the banjo from the Early Minstrel Age and Southern plantations ...

Why These Four Banjo-Playing Women Resurrected the Songs of the Enslaved The new Folkways album “Songs of Our Native Daughters” draws spiritually from slave narratives and other pre-19th ...

A banjo player stuck at home in Colorado during the pandemic has gained a following for YouTube videos of him performing for a single fox in his yard.