I represent a very, very tiny amount of people who play a replica banjo from the 1850s. That’s my axe — that’s what I play in all my shows.

In the song "Texas Hold 'Em," Beyoncé features live banjo and viola playing by Black country musician Rhiannon Giddens, who has been credited for highlighting that Black people created and played ...

For longtime fans who remember his stand-up act from the '70s, Steve Martin's love for the banjo is not that surprising. Early in his career, Martin's often manic routine included satirical songs ...

I came home and heard what sounded like banjo picking coming from my backyard. So I walked up the driveway and there was Mulenga Harangua, ...

Someone was playing folk music on a banjo at a graduation party at Brother Rice High School, Cahill’s alma mater. “I really connected on a gut level with that instrument,” Cahill recalls.

Why These Four Banjo-Playing Women Resurrected the Songs of the Enslaved The new Folkways album “Songs of Our Native Daughters” draws spiritually from slave narratives and other pre-19th ...

The Banjo's Roots, ... 55, is from Gambia, a member of the Jola people. He's holding an akonting: ... he found that they described an almost identical playing style.

“Some people call these ‘folk songs,’” he said while noodling on his guitar, with the singer-songwriter Pete Seeger playing banjo onstage beside him. “Well, all the songs that I’ve ...

"Musician's dystonia" forced the author to put down his instrument, at least professionally. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve been asked why I don’t play the banjo anymore. The answer is ...