Groups that have performed in the area that feature this style of banjo include Sheesham and Lotus, the Waylon Jennies, the Dukhs, and the Powder Kegs. Local performers who play clawhammer include ...

SALISBURY — If Bob Carlin were thinking of post-World War II banjoists to put on a Mount Rushmore, he says the faces carved in stone would have to include Earl Scruggs, Bill Keith, Bela Fleck and Pete ...

With a hunk of wood between their legs and a nationally acclaimed banjoist leading the way, a small group of eager students strummed the chords and sang the familiar folk lyrics on a recent January ...

Regarding your recent dreadful review of Joltwagon’s album [“Sound Investment,” Dec. 26], you twice mention bluegrass. Bluegrass is defined by the Scruggs’ three-finger picking style using metal picks ...

Forty-five-year-old Pat Kelleher likes a song "with a good story to tell" and that fact helped nurture his career as a singer of Irish folk songs. Having an older brother who played the five-string ...

Steve Martin knows banjo playing and works hard to keep the tradition alive, establishing an annual award given to players who excel on the instrument. This year, the Steve Martin Banjo Prize ...