Ireland – The conference room at the Old Ground Hotel was crowded with newly assembled musicians and traveling tourists - and 17-year-old musician Flynn Whitmore was a bit nervous. One of the most ...

They’re not just for frogs anymore. Whether it’s folk music, bluegrass, Americana, country, or whatever it is these guys are doing, the banjo is enjoying something of a renaissance period in ...

The heel is intricately carved, and its plate is also inlaid with pearl. In 2017, the Sousa Archives acquired the Old Town ...

It wasn't until his grandfather bought him a banjo in September of '73, that it became his full time passion. That week, Béla entered New York City's, High School of Music and Art. He began studies on ...

Banjo scholar and musician Dom Flemons performs at Swallow Hill in Denver and Boulder's Chautauqua Community House, Nov. 9-10 ...

Cat Ridgeway of Orlando follows no rules while performing her banjo punk song during the Panama City Songwriters Festival on ...

They are rewriting the banjo's cultural history and future, diversifying whose music and lives it represents, while sounding a new redeeming history.

We asked Galway native Enda Scahill, one of Ireland's foremost banjo players, to help us find his hometown's best trad music sessions. At just 11 years old, Scahill was performing at pubs packed ...

Calais musician Peg Tassey and The Loud Flowers is celebrating Peg’s birthday with 11 musicians at a special concert on Nov. 16.  The band is hosting friends from all parts of their amazing music ...