Violinist Tessa Lark takes flight in Sky, a violin concerto written just for her by Michael Torke. Inspired by her Kentucky roots, Torke weaves a touch of Bluegrass into the classical form, ...

Still trying to start the work week? Here’s a little metal classic to get you going, but it’s all banjos, so it won’t shock you into a headache. Banjo Guy Ollie put together a fantastic arrangement of ...

Doc Watson and Clarence Ashley: The Original Folkways Recordings, 1960-1962 Smithsonian Folkways In 1960, the producer Ralph Rinzler paired the forgotten banjo legend Clarence Ashley with an obscure ...

Banjo Fest is taking place from Oct. 9 through 11 at the American Banjo Museum in Oklahoma City. “This is like Christmas ...

Steven Wade's new CD Banjo Diary Lessons from Tradition. Smithsonian Folkways It’s hard to think of anyone who knows more about the banjo than Stephen Wade, the roots music expert who has played, ...

Before the Grand Ole Opry was the longest-running radio broadcast in US history and a country music institution, it was a humble Nashville program called the WSM Barn Dance. Its first ever guest ...

More banjo! After a long hiatus and rumors of a split, the men of Mumford & Sons are officially still together and back at it with a reinvented new sound. The rockers returned this week with the ...

An emo song with banjo – you truly love to see it! “You Ominously End” is the second taste of Arm’s Length‘s upcoming sophomore album (and Pure Noise debut) There’s A Whole World Out There and I feel ...

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 ...

Tim Weed has heard all the banjo jokes -- the constant digs about the banjo in the movie Deliverance or the Beverly Hillbillies TV show. But a funny thing happens when Weed actually plays the ...