Enslaved Africans seeking to reconnect with their lost cultural traditions brought African concepts to instruments in the ...

Code Switch talks to Black banjo players like Grammy nominee, Rhiannon Giddens about creating community and reclaiming an ...

Parker has been trying to find her place in the banjo world. So this week, she talks to Black banjo players like Grammy ...

Stewart Universal Presentation banjo, included in the research files of the Old Town School of Folk Music Banjo Exhibition ...

Myanmar/Burmese musicians’ use of foreign instruments in the last 150 years has enchanted the ear of many newcomers to the music of lowland Myanmar/Burma. Foreign listeners recognize familiar timbres ...

Lorne Collie, 88, has been making musical instruments for more than three decades using everything from moose antlers to pitch forks.

The Northerly School for Music held its grand opening for its new location on Saturday, bringing another opportunity for ...

In December last year, Google quietly launched a pretty cool little music-making tool as part of its Arts & Culture Lab. (So quietly, in fact, that we missed it.) This week, however, the browser ...

“And having our instrument is very important ... we’re looking for anything,” she said. “Stringed banjo, guitar, violins. I’ve seen basses and cellos being donated in the past.

One of the foremost banjo-makers in the U.S. is the recipient of a prestigious award bestowed by the Kentucky Folklife ...