Bluegrass aficionados recognize the pivotal role of banjo instrumentation in crafting its vibrant sound. While instruments like fiddles, upright basses, guitars, and mandolins contribute significantly ...

Let's do a deep dive on this Southern classic. 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 honeyed cadence of the Southern ...

J.D. Crowe, a pioneering banjo player with his progressive bluegrass group the New South, died Friday morning, according to a post on the musician’s Facebook page. He was 84. “This morning at around 3 ...

Move over, “Dueling Banjos,” and make way for the eighth annual California Banjo Extravaganza. This year’s lineup features Bill Evans, Leroy Troy and Gina Furtado on five-string banjo, supported by an ...