Pushing boundaries is nothing new to Chris Pandolfi: as a student a Berklee, he was the first banjo principal at the renowned music school and he continues to play banjo in the Infamous Stringdusters, ...

Michael Nix will bring his New Classic Banjo Project to the Wendell Meetinghouse for a series of workshops and a solo performance.

Classic Banjo, out August 6, features tracks by the best American banjo players over the past 60 years. Photo courtesy of Smithsonian Folkways Recordings The banjo conjures American musical icons: the ...

Early American banjo music is Black music. The banjo was created by enslaved African Americans, and according to the Smithsonian Institute, up until the 1830s, the banjo was exclusively an African ...

The Black Banjo Reclamation Project aims to put banjos into the hands of everyday people. Paul Ruta Of all the melodic musical instruments in the world, perhaps none is more connected to the land it ...

15-year-old singer and banjo player Nora Brown is a rising star taking on traditional Appalachian music - she'll appear next Thursday as part of New York's music festival, globalFEST. globalFEST was ...

Pop superstar Beyoncé released "Texas Hold 'Em" a few weeks ago and it features an instrument that she had never emphasized before. This hit song, on her new (and hugely popular) Cowboy Carter album, ...

Charlie Tawaga can’t think of a better combination than pizza and music when it comes to attracting a crowd. For more than four decades, the Cupertino resident has recruited and trained generations of ...