Daxson Lewis (Class of 2016), director of the Kentucky Center for Traditional Music, was nominated for Banjo Performer of the Year at the 2026 Society for the Preservation of Bluegrass Music in ...

Last weekend’s snow and this week’s bitter cold have forced the Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame & Museum to postpone the start ...

DAYTON, Ohio (WKEF) — Thirteen-year-old Owen Brockman fell in love with bluegrass music at a young age and is now a banjo prodigy. WKEFspoke with Owen to learn more about the teen star. I love banjo ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Getty One of the sounds most synonymous with the South is the twang of a banjo—barely edged out by the thrum of cicadas or the ...

Underneath a fingernail moon and the silhouettes of the Blue Ridge Mountains of Western North Carolina, Oliver Wood stood onstage at the Earl Scruggs Music Festival and declared, “This one goes out to ...

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 ...

A renowned bluegrass musician who calls Springfield home has received international recognition. Springfield resident Alan Munde, a bluegrass musician who specializes in the banjo, was recently ...

Roni Stoneman, the “first lady of the banjo,” who picked her way into bluegrass and country music history as a member of the Stoneman Family band and found wider fame as an irascible performer on “Hee ...

The sharp, familiar twang of a banjo and the steady rhythm of a stand-up bass set the tone early on the final day of the ...

The Irish band We Banjo 3 makes its second visit to Barre Opera House for a 7:30 p.m. Saturday, May 7, concert that was postponed from January. We last saw the Galway-based quartet in March 2017 and ...

FILE - Steve Martin poses for a portrait with his banjo in New York on Sept. 2, 2015. (Photo by Victoria Will/Invision/AP, File) (Victoria Will) NEW YORK – Get those banjos ready, because this isn't a ...