Charlie Weber | Media Director, Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage Rhiannon Giddens is joined by Canadian-American musician-songwriter Allison Russell (Po’ Girl, Birds of Chicago), ...

Surrounded by swaying cornstalks and the scent of mini-doughnuts, Debbie Schreyer’s cold-reddened knuckles curled around the fret board and her coarse fingertips slid fluently across the neck of her ...

Steve Martin may have introduced his banjo-playing skills to audiences through his stand-up comedy, but they’re really no joke. He took an interest in the instrument when he was a teenager, and it ...

Great Performances takes a look at performers for whom comedy is not enough: more five-string banjo, please. LA Times: As actors and musicians, do you find there’s anything at all that transfers ...

Melissa Block remembers bluegrass banjo player Earl Scruggs, who died Wednesday at the age of 88. The North Carolina native popularized the three-finger playing style, and dazzled audiences with a ...

Banjo player Bill Keith passed away at 75 last Friday, October 23rd, after complications due to cancer. He died in his home in Bearsville, N.Y. Keith is widely considered a pioneer of banjo playing: ...

Portsmouth Book & Bar will welcome the Jake Schepps Quintet on Friday, Jan. 30, the in what promises to be one of the most unique shows not only for the venue, but for Portsmouth as well. ' The ...

Saying that Danny Barnes plays the banjo is like saying Lionel Messi kicks a soccer ball. Barnes doesn’t just play the banjo—he plucks it, thrums it, claws it, bashes it, runs it through processors, ...