Martin and the Board of The Steve Martin Banjo Prize have announced the two winners—Bill Evans of Alto, New Mexico, and Enda Scahill of Galway, Ireland. Building on the Board’s mission to recognize ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. China’s banjo scene: While there are a few banjo players in China such as in the southeastern provinces of Yunnan and Guizhou, Shi ...

The birth of banjo great Earl Scruggs — born 96 years ago on January 6th, 1924, in the Cleveland County community of Flint Hill, North Carolina — predated the debut of the Grand Ole Opry by less than ...

J.D. Crowe, a banjo player who helped define the instrument for generations of bluegrass fans, died Friday, his family announced on Facebook. “This morning at around 3 a.m,, our dad, JD Crowe, went ...

If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. There is no way to achieve that old-fashioned Appalachian ...

Start tuning your instrument and reading tablature to learn beginner banjo songs and roll this easy bluegrass banjo chord song. So you always wanted to play bluegrass banjo, eh? You picked up a nice ...

FAME Studios in Muscle Shoals, Alabama has played a role in some of the most iconic recordings in American popular music history. Today it hosts From the Top and the next generation of classical ...

NEWTOWN — The folk music world is mourning the passing of legendary five-string banjo player, teacher and pioneer of progressive bluegrass. Roger Sprung, 92, who was known as one of the founding ...