National Museum of American History American Five-String Fretless Banjo National Museum of American History American Five-String Fretless Banjo National Museum of ...

Enslaved Africans seeking to reconnect with their lost cultural traditions brought African concepts to instruments in the ...

Code Switch talks to Black banjo players like Grammy nominee, Rhiannon Giddens about creating community and reclaiming an ...

He admits he wasn’t much of a banjo player – in fact, he had no idea how to play it – but said he would try his best and “thrash the chords” on his new instrument. The banjo would ...

With country-inspired tracks, you need country-inspired instruments, so Beyoncé tapped Grammy Award-winning musician Rhiannon Giddens, a Greensboro native, to play the banjo on “Texas Hold ...

One of the foremost banjo-makers in the U.S. is the recipient of a prestigious award bestowed by the Kentucky Folklife ...

Parker has been trying to find her place in the banjo world. So this week, she talks to Black banjo players like Grammy nominee Rhiannon Giddens about creating community and reclaiming an instrument ...