A number of instruments played by famous folk artists, along with those of less-known and unknown artists, are housed at the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History. National Museum of ...

Overall view of a fancy banjo, ca 1928. Made by Bacon & Day Co. of Groton, Connecticut for George Reams, a soloist, teacher and radio banjoist. It is a NePlus Ultra Model. From the collections of the ...

Most folk music includes singing and musical instruments. It is music created ... For example there's English folk music, Scottish folk music, American folk music, Russian folk music and so ...

In the Mountain Strings, Celtic and American Ensembles, BYU students explore various types of music from around the world, from Ireland and Scotland to Russia and Macedonia.

Folk musician John McCutcheon will return to the Wayne Theatre in Waynesboro for a live performance on Sunday, April 27, at 7 ...

The Trailside Jammers formed eight years ago when a handful of folk music enthusiasts decided to honor the North American ...

Pete Seeger was a major figure in America’s folk revival and influenced generations ... Stephen Foster, also known as the Father of American Music, wrote “Oh, Susanna” in 1848.

But unlike many others, it was traditionally a folk instrument, played not by griots ... “I just want a clearer, more nuanced picture of what American music is,” she tells me.