Tony Trischka is considered the consummate banjo artist and perhaps the most influential banjo player in the roots music ...

When he was three years old, Jerry Douglas heard the groundbreaking banjo licks of Earl Scruggs on the turntable each morning during breakfast at his childhood home in northeastern Ohio. “And we’d ...

No other place in the world has a romance with American bluegrass like the Czech Republic Banjo Romantika introduces the musicians who play this unique bluegrass hybrid Czechs first heard bluegrass ...

FAME Studios in Muscle Shoals, Alabama has played a role in some of the most iconic recordings in American popular music history. Today it hosts From the Top and the next generation of classical ...

FILE - Steve Martin poses for a portrait with his banjo in New York on Sept. 2, 2015. (Photo by Victoria Will/Invision/AP, File) (Victoria Will) NEW YORK – Get those banjos ready, because this isn't a ...

J.D. Crowe, a banjo player who helped define the instrument for generations of bluegrass fans, died Friday, his family announced on Facebook. “This morning at around 3 a.m,, our dad, JD Crowe, went ...

At 6:30 p.m. on any given Wednesday, local musicians fill the once-empty stage at the Carrboro restaurant and bar 401 Main with instruments — notably the banjo and guitar. For the next couple of hours ...

South Korea's first and only bluegrass group, Country GongBang, is set to perform at the 40th Festival International de ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Get those banjos ready, because this isn't a joke: Actor and comedy legend Steve Martin will co-host the IBMA Bluegrass Music Awards for the first time, alongside Grammy-award winning ...