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, ...

Rhiannon Giddens has announced Biscuits and Banjos, her first-ever music festival. The three-day event will debut on April 25-27, 2025, in downtown Durham, N.C., Giddens’ home state. Through her ...

Underneath a fingernail moon and the silhouettes of the Blue Ridge Mountains of Western North Carolina, Oliver Wood stood onstage at the Earl Scruggs Music Festival and declared, “This one goes out to ...

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

Buddy Griffin is waiting for the youth banjo band he directs to get the attention he feels it deserves. "When you say banjo, people think you don't have teeth," said Griffin, associate pastor of ...

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It's only two weeks away from America's 250th birthday celebration in Baltimore replete with live entertainment, including a variety of U.S. Navy bands. | AMERICA 250 INTERACTIVE GUIDE: Moments that ...

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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, ...

The "happy music" was contagious last Friday, causing folks at Sunrise Senior Living to smile and tap their feet. The Arizona Banjo Blasters performed tunes from the 1920s in an hour-long set at the ...