Classic Banjo, out August 6, features tracks by the best American banjo players over the past 60 years. Photo courtesy of Smithsonian Folkways Recordings The banjo conjures American musical icons: the ...
Clawhammer banjo, while sometimes used to play classical, Irish or other musical styles, is basically music from the Appalachian mountains, and complements the primary instrument the fiddle. Eno, a ...
Forty years ago, a young man named Charles Faurot traveled from New York City to southwestern Virginia looking for older traditional banjo players to record for a tiny country-music record label. He ...
PENDLETON -- Vern Marr attaches a carved maple neck to the body of a clawhammer banjo he's building in his cluttered Pendleton studio. This rodeo town might be better known for custom saddle makers ...
For over a decade Abigail Washburn, a singer-songwriter and clawhammer banjo player, knew she wanted to help improve Chinese-American relations. She just never thought she’d be doing it through song.
It’s Free For All Friday on the “The Drive Time Happy Hour,” and the Insider Word of the Day is “Valentine.” Hosts Chip Morris and Mr. PC are ranting about the stimulus package — or, as Morris calls ...
Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/5293105/5293208" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Forty ...
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