Ireland – The conference room at the Old Ground Hotel was crowded with newly assembled musicians and traveling tourists - and 17-year-old musician Flynn Whitmore was a bit nervous. One of the most ...

Tomatoes tried to kill him. But banjos saved his life. Keith Alessi tells that inspiring story everywhere he travels, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. There could probably be no better evangelist for anything than the immensely respected Rhiannon Giddens, and the banjo is lucky to ...

A new generation of artists have brought African Americans back to the forefront of the banjo scene. Take, for example, Rhiannon Giddens, whom you can hear behind me. Black musicians have been a part ...

Early American banjo music is Black music. The banjo was created by enslaved African Americans, and according to the Smithsonian Institute, up until the 1830s, the banjo was exclusively an African ...

RUSCOMBMANOR TWP., Pa. — This is a story about a boy, a banjo and a man known as "Butch." "Since he was a toddler, he was always interested in my dad's instruments and watching him play, listening to ...

It’s a well-documented fact that Tucson music fans crave new sounds and are willing to keep their ears, as well as their minds, wide open when it comes to inventive musical hybrids. So Tim ...

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 ...

DAYTON, Ohio (WKEF) — Thirteen-year-old Owen Brockman fell in love with bluegrass music at a young age and is now a banjo prodigy. WKEFspoke with Owen to learn more about the teen star. I love banjo ...

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks with researcher Joe Johnson and musician Jake Blount about the new Library of Congress guide to African American banjo... The Library of Congress' latest addition is a guide ...