Early American banjo music is Black music. The banjo was created by enslaved African Americans, and according to the Smithsonian Institute, up until the 1830s, the banjo was exclusively an African ...

Smith College banjo instructor Max Wareham, who tours nationally with Grammy-winning bluegrass musician Peter Rowan, traces the history of the banjo in America through the use of period-correct ...

Pete Steele, Kentucky folksinger and banjoist, and his wife Lilly Steele on vocals on two songs. Includes same recordings found on "Banjo Tunes and Songs" FW03828. Most songs preceded by an ...

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 ...

Cabinet card image of Horace Weston (ca. 1880s) posing with his top hat and a fretless instrument, possibly a Stewart Universal Presentation banjo, included in the research files of the Old Town ...

Rhiannon Giddens is down at the river, carrying a flame of heritage, and she’s inviting anyone who wants to join her to come down and light their own wicks. Rivers are traditionally sites of salvation ...

At Denver's Swallow Hill BanjoFest on Saturday, the toe-tappin' rhythm, quick-pickin' chords and an unmistakable twang filled the air. For Toronto-based musician Chris Coole, that sound comes down to ...