A party by the Inner Harbor this weekend celebrates Charm City’s long tradition of tapping a foot to the fiddle and nodding in agreement with the banjo. The Baltimore Old Time Music Festival on Friday ...

Jonas Friddle grew up listening to classic rock, Creedence Clearwater Revival, for example. He also heard a lot of folk musicians, including John Prine and Doc Watson, while growing up in the North ...

15-year-old singer and banjo player Nora Brown is a rising star taking on traditional Appalachian music - she'll appear next Thursday as part of New York's music festival, globalFEST. globalFEST was ...

I took a break from the late-night gigs and got a job at Werlein's music store. There were a couple of banjos hanging up with the guitars and it was my job to take care of them. As I was cleaning one ...

“Texas rules. I always have a good time down there. I wish I was there right now.” So says 25-year-old singer-songwriter, banjo player/guitarist William Elliott Whitmore. And what’s more, he’s ...

DAYTON, Ohio (WKEF) — Thirteen-year-old Owen Brockman fell in love with bluegrass music at a young age and is now a banjo prodigy. WKEFspoke with Owen to learn more about the teen star. I love banjo ...

Beyonce’s hit “Texas Hold ’Em” opens with a beat seldom heard on hip-hop tracks: the unmistakable clip-clop of a four-stringed clawhammer banjo. It comes via folk icon Rhiannon Giddens, who was ...

Alison Brown and her banjo have come a long way since her Stamford upbringing. The instrument has taken the 61-year-old on many journeys — through the professional bluegrass scene, through the ...