A 15-year-old violinist introduces us to his charming coastal community of Damariscotta, Maine and a talented young banjo player ensconced in the blue grass music scene brings us into her musical home ...

Rhiannon Giddens won a Grammy as lead singer, violinist and banjo player with the Carolina Chocolate Drops, an old-time, African American string band. Now she’s busy plucking up a solo career, which ...

Danny Barnes had met Steve Martin just once, backstage at a music festival, where the offbeat bluegrass musician from Texas and the comedian from Garden Grove, a bluegrass musician himself, found ...

In December 2010, a mysterious banjo tune popped up on a website devoted to early recordings. Even by that definition, this song stood out. It dated back to when Grover Cleveland occupied the White ...

Punch Brothers play Radiohead's “Packt Like Sardines In a Crushed Tin Box” on traditional bluegrass instruments. Yes, they play the song on mandolin, banjo, guitar, fiddle, and bass ... Readers, you ...

Bela Fleck, the banjo virtuoso, continues to take the instrument most closely identified with country and bluegrass into musical realms never before explored. And the following he has built from his ...

Legendary country musician Earl Scruggs, best known for defining bluegrass music with his unique fingerpicking style on the banjo, was celebrated in a Google Doodle on Friday. His own “Scruggs style” ...