Music has always been the warmest and most-effective bridge to break down social barriers and insecurities, and bring people together to support a good cause. It unites ideas and efforts, and in the ...

Folk and country music often blends the sharp twang of a banjo with the mellow and sustained tone of a guitar. While the two instruments appear to be very similar – at least at first glance – they ...

You've got to hand it to Rare. When it comes to the company's recent efforts, no risk has been spared in the attempt to create a different kind of experience for the Xbox 360. In spite of ...

Deep dives into physics topic such as driving point impedance, a part of electrical engineering, aren't the first things that come to mind when most think about the bluegrass banjo. But that's exactly ...

"My father was born with this instrument," Laemouahuma Daniel Jatta says. "This is part of our history." Jatta, 55, is from Gambia, a member of the Jola people. He's holding an akonting: a ...