In December 2010, a mysterious banjo tune popped up on a website devoted to early recordings. Even by that definition, this song stood out. It dated back to when Grover Cleveland occupied the White ...

Steve Martin, movie star, hasn’t had a film credit for two years and has no feature projects on the horizon. A celebrated author, Martin’s last book was the critically acclaimed 2010 novel “An Object ...

Eric Thompson, guitar ; Mac Benford, banjo and lead vocals ; Sandy Bradley, harmony vocals. Production notes: "Recorded at 1750 Arch St. Studio, Berkeley, Calif. by ...

Early American banjo music is Black music. The banjo was created by enslaved African Americans, and according to the Smithsonian Institute, up until the 1830s, the banjo was exclusively an African ...

The "happy music" was contagious last Friday, causing folks at Sunrise Senior Living to smile and tap their feet. The Arizona Banjo Blasters performed tunes from the 1920s in an hour-long set at the ...

For most of his professional life, the banjoist Béla Fleck has felt like an outsider. This is not for lack of musical chops—Mr. Fleck has won 15 Grammy Awards and is widely considered the world's ...

Gift Article 10 Remaining As a subscriber, you have 10 articles to gift each month. Gifting allows recipients to access the article for free. The North American International Banjo Convention will be ...