IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. This banjo was made by Gibson Inc. in ...

Last year’s Scott Street Five-String banjo competition finalists came to Richmond from as far away as Arkansas, Connecticut and Ohio. “We’re gratified that in our fourth year of the competition, we›ve ...

If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. There is no way to achieve that old-fashioned Appalachian ...

A reclamation project that takes the five-string banjo’s roots as an African instrument and tosses it into modern settings, Otis Taylor gathers an all-star blues crew to make a case for the instrument ...

Do you know what the difference is between a South African macaw and a banjo? One is loud, obnoxious and noisy, and the other is a bird. Okay, my grandson and I are getting pretty sick of the banjo ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. This banjo was made by an unknown ...

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 ...