The four-string banjo, often referred to as tenor banjos, is commonly used in Dixieland jazz and traditional Irish music. “What’s the difference between open-back and closed-back?” ...

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 ...

Beyonce’s hit “Texas Hold ’Em” opens with a beat seldom heard on hip-hop tracks: the unmistakable clip-clop of a four-stringed clawhammer banjo. It comes via folk icon Rhiannon Giddens, who was ...

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 ...

An evening of traditional Irish music with Pádraic Keane, Páraic Mac Donnchadha and Macdara Ó Faoláin and Nell Ní Chroinín ...

Billboard counts down the best country acts of the past (almost) 100 years. Ever since Ralph Peer held his famous recording ...

He plays tenor banjo and fiddle, loves playing at sessions, and has been a member of both the Washington Square Harp and Shamrock Orchestra and the New York Céilí Band. He has given invited lectures ...

It wasn't just that he contributed his tenor (and banjo picking) to two seminal folk ... The American folk music legend died Monday at age 94 of natural causes. His wife of 70 years, Toshi ...

Le Bon Truc returns to the Oasis of Music beginning at 12:30 p.m. on Wednesday Nov. 6, at Trinity Commons in Lewiston. Le Bon ...

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

Saturday, Nov. 23 at 7:30 p.m., the Molly’s Boys Jugband will play and sing contemporary and old-time songs, blues, folk, ...