An American holiday will be filled with American music on Friday. The Morris Bluegrass Festival will take place on the Fourth of July from noon to 7 p.m. at South Farms in Morris. This year's festival ...

VENICE, Fla. — Cars were parked haphazardly along the highway shoulder, and folks with folding chairs were climbing through the ditch.

Béla Fleck and Abigail Washburn, award-winning banjo players and a couple, will perform pieces inspired by Americana at the Koger Center in Columbia Feb. 22.

Horace Weston (1825-1890) was America’s most accomplished African American banjo artist of the 19th century.

‘The beauties of the banjo’ The debut Black Banjo Gathering in North Carolina in 2005 was a turning point in Flemons’ life and Black acoustic music in the 21st century. “I met banjo scholars and about ...

Taylor Swift has long been known for her acts of kindness, in addition to her chart-topping music. But even before embarking on the Eras Tour — which has since become the highest-grossing tour ...

Gibson Davis, an 18-year-old banjo player from Ona, continues to make strides in the bluegrass world. Just two weeks ago, Davis was lucky enough to make his debut on the legendary Grand Ole Opry ...

Winston Marshall, left, former banjo player and guitarist for the folk group Mumford & Sons; former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, right, during an April 25 debate at Oxford University in Oxford ...

They were all five-string players. They played fingerpicking and claw hammer styles connected to bluegrass and old-time folk music. I played with a flat pick, strumming the banjo with jazz bands.

In "Texas Hold 'Em," the singer is accompanied by a banjo. It's often thought of as a quintessential Americana instrument. But the history of the banjo tells a different story.

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 ...

Roni Stoneman, a country musician who was known as 'first lady of the banjo,' and a familiar presence on TV's 'Hee Haw' for many years, has died.