A banjo played by John Lennon is being unveiled alongside a mosaic featuring nearly 1,300 images of The Beatles star to mark ...

Banjo Fest is taking place from Oct. 9 through 11 at the American Banjo Museum in Oklahoma City. “This is like Christmas ...

On this day in 1870, the world's first Grand Ole Opry star, Uncle Dave Macon, was born in Smartt Station, Tennessee.

Twenty years ago, the old-time string band Carolina Chocolate Drops turned heads and wowed audiences. They were young. They ...

Raleigh Wide Open, produced by PineCone, will feature performances from Americana, folk, gospel, and bluegrass artists over ...

After 50 years of strumming, he and his band won bluegrass' top award. Oct. 7, 2011 — -- From the early days as a "Saturday Night Live" guest host to his film career, Steve Martin's life has been ...

When you talk about the banjo in Irish music, one name always comes up first.Barney McKenna, otherwise known as “Banjo Barney”, the late Dubliners ­legend whose playing transformed the instrument from ...

101 Lesson One / Banjo. 102 Lesson Two / Banjo. 103 Lesson Three / Banjo. 104 Lesson Four / Banjo. 105 Lesson Five / Banjo. 106 Lesson Six / Banjo. Pete Seeger (1919 - 2014) was a giant of our time.

101 Tuning Up / Banjo. 102 A Basic Strum / Banjo. 103 The Fifth String / Banjo. 104 Hammering On / Banjo. 105 Pulling Off / Banjo. 106 Double Thumbing / Banjo. 107 Frailing / Banjo. 108 Three Finger ...