He gives a bluegrass update to the classic tune that now features a prominent banjo where the guitar used to be. Nelson’s voice glows as he sings over a crisp and clean bluegrass melody, She’s a ...

Alice Gerrard is one of the trailblazing musicians who will be honored during a series of free events March 5-8 in Knoxville.

Bluegrass aficionados recognize the pivotal role of banjo instrumentation in crafting its vibrant sound. While instruments like fiddles, upright basses, guitars, and mandolins contribute significantly ...

Roni Stoneman, the “first lady of the banjo,” who picked her way into bluegrass and country music history as a member of the Stoneman Family band and found wider fame as an irascible performer on “Hee ...

Come on down to the American Banjo Museum this Saturday as they host their Bricktown Banjo Bash this weekend bringing the sounds of bluegrass, jazz and much more to the streets of downtown Oklahoma ...

After a career of genre jumping, Bela Fleck (left) is getting back to his roots, bringing his "My Bluegrass Heart" tour and band to the Englert Theatre in downtown Iowa City on Tuesday, July 11, 2023.

This Friday and Saturday, Raleigh Wide Open is taking over the streets of our state's capital. The festival is a celebration of American roots music ranging from gospel to folk and also features arts, ...

One of the sounds most synonymous with the South is the twang of a banjo—barely edged out by the thrum of cicadas or the honeyed cadence of the Southern drawl itself. But this distinctive instrument ...

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 ...