It all started with the Kingston Trio. One day in 1963, a San Diego kid and his friends got their hands on an album by the popular folk group. Greg Deering, 12 at the time, recalls studying the ...

LANCASTER, Ohio — Without a single note plucked, their presence evokes songs and culture dating back centuries. Construction materials such as low-grade pine wood, salvaged scrap metal, cigar boxes, ...

Banjo music is popular in the Miami Valley, especially when played by musicians in the Kettering Banjo Society. The 46-member group began in 1970, when Daryl Whiting of Kettering placed an ad in the ...

Morris worked on an instrument recently in his workshop. He says they use premium and exotic woods in their banjo ukes. The instruments feature inlaid roses. Phil Morris, 55, remembers developing a ...

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