The loss in Aug. 2007 of the famed transplanted NH resident, Irish singer/songwriter and national folk hero of the Emerald Isle at 74, Tommy Makem, alerted me recently to a news photo of Tommy with ...

ST. LOUIS -- It's not a common sight -- or sound. In the basement of Grantwood Village Hall in South County, eight earnest youngsters, each holding a four-stringed banjo, sat as silent as stones. (No ...

Hand the banjo man a stringed instrument, and he'll pick you a tune fine enough to make Bill Monroe, the so-called father of bluegrass, perk up his ears. Hand him a cigar box, a car tag and a guitar ...

<!–Richie Dotson puts the finishing touches on a guitar repair. Dotson first started repairing stringed instruments out of a need to fix his own banjo. –>If you’ve got a sick banjo, Richie Dotson has ...

Béla Fleck leads 7 masters of the 5-stringed banjo known for their progressive styles. 7 of the world's most influential and progressive 5-string banjo players came together for Béla Fleck's "Banjo ...

"My father was born with this instrument," Laemouahuma Daniel Jatta says. "This is part of our history." Jatta, 55, is from Gambia, a member of the Jola people. He's holding an akonting: a ...

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Great Performances takes a look at performers for whom comedy is not enough: more five-string banjo, please. LA Times: As actors and musicians, do you find there’s anything at all that transfers ...

Pop superstar Beyoncé released "Texas Hold 'Em" a few weeks ago and it features an instrument that she had never emphasized before. This hit song, on her new (and hugely popular) Cowboy Carter album, ...

Hand the banjo man a stringed instrument, and he’ll pick you a tune fine enough to make Bill Monroe, the so-called father of bluegrass, perk up his ears. Hand him a cigar box, a car tag and a guitar ...