Bluegrass aficionados recognize the pivotal role of banjo instrumentation in crafting its vibrant sound. While instruments like fiddles, upright basses, guitars, and mandolins contribute significantly ...

Let's do a deep dive on this Southern classic. One of the sounds most synonymous with the South is the twang of a banjo—barely edged out by the thrum of cicadas or the honeyed cadence of the Southern ...

The Osborne Brothers played together publicly for the first time in 1953 in Knoxville, Tennessee. However, it would be more than a decade before they finally got a break when they met Doyle Wilburn of ...

A lot has changed for “Banjo Dan” Lindner since we last profiled him in March 2010. His bluegrass band Banjo Dan and the Mid-nite Plowboys has been retired. He currently performs with brother Willie ...

Move over, “Dueling Banjos,” and make way for the eighth annual California Banjo Extravaganza. This year’s lineup features Bill Evans, Leroy Troy and Gina Furtado on five-string banjo, supported by an ...