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, ...

STRING THEORY: “In retrospect, when I look back on my life, I understand there had always been a passion for banjo music,” says Mike Savino of Tall Tall Trees. As a solo act, he's taken that ...

The American Banjo Museum in Oklahoma City is showcasing its pop culture exhibit “POP! Goes the Banjo!” while also offering free monthly concerts and interactive music events.

Don’t bother telling Bela Fleck any banjo jokes. He’s heard them all before and, while he no longer bothers getting angry, he’s just not interested. The world’s pre-eminent banjo player is happy to ...

The banjo isn’t exactly the first instrument that comes to mind when you think of the classical concert hall, but Virginia native John Bullard has blended his background in bluegrass and Bach to bring ...

Experience Pahela Baishakh by reviving traditional Bengali instruments like the harmonium and tabla. Despite economic ...

Bob Carlin first played a banjo at age 15. Having already learned his way around other string instruments, it seemed like a natural fit. Nearly five decades later, he’s still picking and wants to ...

An annual competition to see who can hurl a banjo farthest into the Gowanus Canal came un-strung on Sunday afternoon, after neighbors called the cops, and the five-stringed instrument then hit a tree ...