Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Jul. 29—While Sprung enjoyed performing at high-profile venues like Carnegie Hall and Lincoln Center, his friends said he got just ...

Renée Fleming and Béla Fleck's joint project, which took more than 20 years to finalize, sees them collaborate with other ...

Musician Rhiannon Giddens is a modern-day Renaissance woman who trained as an opera singer before veering into folk music. She's an award-winning composer and multi-instrumentalist. But she is first ...

Cindy Howes talks with old-time player Jake Blount in this episode of the Basic Folk podcast. They discuss his work of elevating and revealing Black people’s massive contributions in traditional folk ...

Jonas Friddle grew up listening to classic rock, Creedence Clearwater Revival, for example. He also heard a lot of folk musicians, including John Prine and Doc Watson, while growing up in the North ...

I took a break from the late-night gigs and got a job at Werlein's music store. There were a couple of banjos hanging up with the guitars and it was my job to take care of them. As I was cleaning one ...

Beyonce’s hit “Texas Hold ’Em” opens with a beat seldom heard on hip-hop tracks: the unmistakable clip-clop of a four-stringed clawhammer banjo. It comes via folk icon Rhiannon Giddens, who was ...

(OWENSBORO, Ky.)-- A banjo played by folk music icon Pete Seeger during protest rallies in the 1960s has a new home at the International Bluegress Music Museum. California musician Carl Pagter ...

Kaia Kater has played the banjo since she was 11 years old, explaining that the instrument's sound caught her "instantly." Now, almost two decades later, she's still playing on her third album, ...