Bela Fleck and Sascha Paladino's documentary chronicles the musician's yearlong struggle to compose a banjo concerto for the Nashville Symphony Orchestra By THR Staff Bela Fleck: How to Write a Banjo ...

Pete Seeger (1919 - 2014) was a giant of our time. Growing up in a musical family, he had a long and productive career as a folk song leader and social activist. Overall, he appears (or is otherwise ...

Most people would say, "A banjo is a banjo," but there are two separate worlds of banjo lovers separated by one thin string. Five-string pickers play bluegrass and folk music, and four-string ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. William Boucher was a drum maker and ...

NAZARETH, Pa., April 4, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- (Musikmesse Hall 8.0 | Booth F74) -- C.F. Martin & Co.® (Martin Guitar) will introduce long-awaited banjo and mandolin strings crafted with Monel® at the ...

Inside his antiques-filled living room, Ed Taylor picks up a bluegrass-style five-string banjo and begins plucking away with the grace and elegance that only happens after decades of muscle memory.

The banjo brought me to Kentucky. It all started in 2007. I was working as an intern at a library in Michigan performing baby storytimes with a local musician: Banjo Betsy Beckerman. Banjo Betsy ...