Multiple stringed instrument players and musical performers from across the country came together to downtown Owensboro this weekend, playing the likes of banjo, guitar and mandolin tunes during the 2 ...

OK, a guitar is a thing that makes music. If you don’t know what a guitar sounds like, just Google “Eric Clapton” (according to Rolling Stone, the world’s greatest living guitarist) and listen to some ...

Michigan bluegrass phenom Billy Strings and his band stopped by NPR’s Tiny Desk for a performance more than a decade in the making. Backed by his band — Alex Hargreaves on fiddle, backing vocalist ...

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Aoife O'Donovan performs as part of a special concert honoring her father, Brian O'Donovan, March 14 in Symphony Hall.This is ...

That may not be an immediate rib-tickler for everyone, but it counts as one for anyone who has followed Giddens just enough to know that reclaiming the banjo as a Black instrument has been a mission ...

The event focuses on old-time banjo, featuring the clawhammer playing technique. Attendees can expect old-time tunes, storytelling, banjo jokes, and interaction with musicians. For some reason, the ...

For some reason, the banjo is an instrument that lends itself to jokes. For example, one joke asks, “What’s worse than a banjo?” The answer, “Two banjos.” If that’s the case, the audience can ...