Brooklyn Folk Festival returned to St. Ann’s Church for their 13th year over the weekend, and those without much musical skill still had the chance to get their hands on an instrument at the ...

Jul. 29—While Sprung enjoyed performing at high-profile venues like Carnegie Hall and Lincoln Center, his friends said he got just as charged up playing improvisational jam sessions and jam parties in ...

(OWENSBORO, Ky.)-- A banjo played by folk music icon Pete Seeger during protest rallies in the 1960s has a new home at the International Bluegress Music Museum. California musician Carl Pagter ...

DENVER (KDVR) — Denver musicians and aspiring musicians alike had the opportunity to learn guitar and the banjo during a lesson from an Ohio folk band at Wax Trax Records. Caamp is a bluegrass band ...

Influential Banjo artist Tony Trischka will play his holiday-themed show at Club Passim in December. The concert is a ...

Jake Blount has built a career out of understanding the banjo’s connection to Black American folk music. In this video, he walks us through the instrument’s history — from West Africa to enslaved ...

Seven Days is 30, and we need your help to celebrate. With your donation, we’ll stay on track, delivering rigorous reporting on Vermont news and culture. A global pandemic sure makes for a strange ...

There’s a joke Rhiannon Giddens often tells audiences during her shows — though maybe it’s more of a disclaimer. It goes like this: You’re at a party on a Friday night enjoying a glass of wine after a ...

PHILADELPHIA -- Cello players, of course, really can't complain. And the surfer babe with the sultry voice ensures comfort -- by the acre -- as she peeks out from behind her board, Shore waters ...

The bohemian enclave of Cygnet, nestled in the hills of Tasmania's Huon Valley, is celebrating 35 years of its iconic folk festival. Online ticket sales for this year's Cygnet Folk Festival have been ...

As the Jets' new special teams coordinator, Chris Banjo is getting acclimated to his new post -- one in which he will cobble together punt and kickoff return units composed of mostly young guys eager ...