Tim Weed has heard all the banjo jokes -- the constant digs about the banjo in the movie Deliverance or the Beverly Hillbillies TV show. But a funny thing happens when Weed actually plays the ...

Béla Fleck is often considered the world’s greatest banjo player. The sixteen-time Grammy winner has earned awards under the headings of jazz, world music, classical, folk, bluegrass, pop instrumental ...

This summer marks the 40th anniversary of the screen adaptation of James Dickey’s Deliverance, as famous for its Grammy Award-winning instrumental song “Dueling Banjos” as its unsettling “bet you can ...

“The banjo is still thought of as a ‘hillbilly instrument,’” recalls Gail Gillespie, a respected string-band musician and the editor of the Durham-based Old-Time Herald. “Those of us that got into it ...

NASHVILLE -- Bluegrass legend and banjo pioneer Earl Scruggs, who helped profoundly change country music with Bill Monroe in the 1940s and later with guitarist Lester Flatt, has died. He was 88.

When Kaia Kater picked up the banjo at age 11 she was unaware of the instrument’s African origins. Born and raised in Montreal, she grew up around folk music. For many, its sound is often synonymous ...

NEW HAVEN --Master fiddler Henrique "Rique" Prince is a bit like the Kunte Kinte of old-time string band music. He's just going back to the genre's roots, but he says he can't tell you how many times ...

Like JD Vance, I am from the great state of Ohio. I knew about the first-term U.S. senator long before Donald Trump announced him as his running mate. Vance's memoir, “Hillbilly Elegy," piqued my ...

Banjo player Earl Scruggs, who helped shape the sound of American bluegrass music, died Wednesday. He was 88 years old. Scruggs' name is almost synonymous with the banjo — and for good reason. He ...