According to Ukulele magazine, George wouldn’t have fallen in love with the ukulele without George Formby, who popularized the instrument in England in the 1920s. At one point, Formby was the ...

Coming off the high of recording her latest album, “Blue Sky Banjo,” musician and recording artist Mary Z. Cox is buzzing with anticipation for her “Evening of Banjo, Fiddle, and Beyond,” alongside ...

Great Performances takes a look at performers for whom comedy is not enough: more five-string banjo, please. LA Times: As actors and musicians, do you find there’s anything at all that transfers ...

Considered one of the top four-string banjoists in the world today, Cynthia Sayer is known for an eclectic repertoire not typical of banjo music. Sayer, who first performed at the Wistariahurst in ...

When you're surrounded by goats, it only a matter of time before you raise your horns. This farm-filmed cover of Slayer's 'Raining Blood' proves that a banjo can sound brutally awesome when played by ...

MARYVILLE, Tenn. — If you think it would be hard to come up with the names of 42 awesome banjo players, you might be right. There's Earl Scruggs, J.D. Crowe, Sonny Osborne, Gina Furtado, Steve Martin, ...