Banjo scholar and musician Dom Flemons performs at Swallow Hill in Denver and Boulder's Chautauqua Community House, Nov. 9-10 ...

Dolly Parton's family tree is the basis of a new album, 'Smoky Mountain DNA,' which assembles songs by Parton's siblings, ...

They are commonly used in folk, clawhammer, and old-time music. Resonator banjos have a back plate attached to the banjo’s rim, which projects the sound forward and makes it louder and brighter.

Just miles from the snow-glistening Rockies — the mountains often revered in the tunes of folk and bluegrass — twanging ...

Banjoists Alison Brown and Steve Martin have enlisted Vince Gill, the lead singer in Pure Prairie League, best known for ...

Ron Hinkle has been hearing banjo music for as long as he can remember. Growing up in a family that loved the instrument, he decided to start playing at 12. Picking up the banjo felt natural, as if ...

“Ivy’s just 22 from Chapmansboro, Tennessee, and is a bluegrass kid, meaning she grew up playing music since the time she ...

“My mom played guitar, banjo … organ. My grandfather was a fine clawhammer banjo player. Every Sunday, they’d pull out the instruments and play on the porch.” When they meet in Floyd, the couple ...

“I know what clawhammer banjo is. I mean, it's kind of like fingerpicking, so presumably that on a nylon string guitar. I guess I could do that,” he reasons. “I immediately ...

Stewart Universal Favorite Custom Banjo, ca. 1890. The neck is made from cherry, and the instrument’s shell is made from maple. The heel plate is ebony. The tuning pegs and head, ivory tailpiece ...