In December 2010, a mysterious banjo tune popped up on a website devoted to early recordings. Even by that definition, this song stood out. It dated back to when Grover Cleveland occupied the White ...

The Banjo Rascals roamed up and down the boardwalk, sharing their brand of American Dixieland with the Back to the Beach crowds. And it came with a twist: The trio quickly changed its tune to go along ...

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 ...

Nora Flaherty talked with the Atkinson Family in March, about the business of running its family bluegrass band. The family talked about costs,... Apr 10, 2012 — Nora Flaherty talked with the Atkinson ...

Gift Article 10 Remaining As a subscriber, you have 10 articles to gift each month. Gifting allows recipients to access the article for free. The North American International Banjo Convention will be ...

Béla Fleck and Abigail Washburn are partners on stage and off -- husband and wife, entwined in life's ultimate duet. "There's just all these ways we know each other," said Washburn. "In the music we ...

Chris Hirsch had never really enjoyed school. He had started college, and he was making commendable grades. He just didn't like it. After five semesters at St. Edward's University in Austin and then ...

My good friend Johnny Welchance passed to his eternal reward this past Monday. Johnny and I go back to the fifth grade at White Oak Elementary School when his family moved to Lyndon Avenue just a few ...

Writer, comedian and longtime banjo ace Steve Martin has been especially active on the musical front in recent years, issuing a couple of highly acclaimed bluegrass efforts both on his own and with ...

Editor’s Note: Here’s a story you don’t hear too often: An investment banker leaves it all behind to become a touring banjo player. Alison Brown is a USA Artists fellow, a Grammy winner and co-founder ...