Brooklyn Folk Festival returned to St. Ann’s Church for their 13th year over the weekend, and those without much musical skill still had the chance to get their hands on an instrument at the ...

The 37th Anchorage Folk Festival is underway with 120 performances, 50 workshops, and Alaska’s only banjo contest, running ...

The Lowest Pair is an American folk duo made up of Kendl Winter and Palmer T. Lee, known for their intertwined vocal ...

I took a break from the late-night gigs and got a job at Werlein's music store. There were a couple of banjos hanging up with the guitars and it was my job to take care of them. As I was cleaning one ...

This is a longer version of an article that appeared in print and online under the title “Tense Strings.” Kaia Kater never wanted to mix her racial identity with her music. She grew up in a mixed-race ...

When local artist Tim Bing was growing up with his brothers, Mike and Dave, just outside of Huntington, family and friends would often get together in Wayne County and listen to the “old timers” play ...

RUSCOMBMANOR TWP., Pa. — This is a story about a boy, a banjo and a man known as "Butch." "Since he was a toddler, he was always interested in my dad's instruments and watching him play, listening to ...

NEWTOWN — The folk music world is mourning the passing of legendary five-string banjo player, teacher and pioneer of progressive bluegrass. Roger Sprung, 92, who was known as one of the founding ...

A party by the Inner Harbor this weekend celebrates Charm City’s long tradition of tapping a foot to the fiddle and nodding in agreement with the banjo. The Baltimore Old Time Music Festival on Friday ...

Ken Burns' six-part, 12-hour documentary series about our country's founding struggles for independence — then you've already heard some of the ...

The first live Fort Worth African American Roots Music Festival is onstage this weekend at the Southside Preservation Hall. Brandi Waller-Pace established the festival to reclaim a tradition: Country ...