It is rare that the head of any museum can capture the essence of a groundbreaking new exhibit and concert series with a deceptively simple joke — or that they would even try. Carolyn Grant, the ...

The American Banjo Museum in Oklahoma City is showcasing its pop culture exhibit “POP! Goes the Banjo!” while also offering free monthly concerts and interactive music events.

performs onstage during the 2012 iHeartRadio Music Festival at the MGM Grand Garden Arena on September 22, 2012 in Las Vegas, Nevada. In 1963, when the folk-music trend made a young Greg Deering want ...

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 ...

Hannah Mayree: Songs of Reclamation is part of In The Making, a documentary shorts series from American Masters and Firelight ...

Unless the room is ultra-hip -- meaning, its occupants know something about Don Vappie or Bela Fleck -- banjo gets a bad rap. The new PBS documentary titled "Give Me the Banjo," narrated by Steve ...

Bob Carlin first played a banjo at age 15. Having already learned his way around other string instruments, it seemed like a natural fit. Nearly five decades later, he’s still picking and wants to ...

Soulful strains of music floated eerily through the sanctuary at Springfield Presbyterian Church on Sunday, Aug. 11. All eyes were on a singular figure whose fingers drew music from the fiddle cradled ...

US banjo virtuoso Béla Fleck is to appear in concert in Estonia today, Wednesday, February 11, nearly 30 years since he last played here. Fleck, an 18-time Grammy award winner, is to perform at the ...

Landsmark, a revered public policy expert who recently announced his retirement from the Boston Planning and Development ...