Violinist Tessa Lark takes flight in Sky, a violin concerto written just for her by Michael Torke. Inspired by her Kentucky roots, Torke weaves a touch of Bluegrass into the classical form, ...

Doc Watson and Clarence Ashley: The Original Folkways Recordings, 1960-1962 Smithsonian Folkways In 1960, the producer Ralph Rinzler paired the forgotten banjo legend Clarence Ashley with an obscure ...

Mumford & Sons have shared a new single, ‘The Banjo Song’ – you can listen to it below. The song marks the third preview of the London band’s sixth studio album, ‘Prizefighter’, which is released on ...

More banjo! After a long hiatus and rumors of a split, the men of Mumford & Sons are officially still together and back at it with a reinvented new sound. The rockers returned this week with the ...

Early American banjo music is Black music. The banjo was created by enslaved African Americans, and according to the Smithsonian Institute, up until the 1830s, the banjo was exclusively an African ...

Steven Wade's new CD Banjo Diary Lessons from Tradition. Smithsonian Folkways It’s hard to think of anyone who knows more about the banjo than Stephen Wade, the roots music expert who has played, ...

15-year-old singer and banjo player Nora Brown is a rising star taking on traditional Appalachian music - she'll appear next Thursday as part of New York's music festival, globalFEST. globalFEST was ...

Pop superstar Beyoncé released "Texas Hold 'Em" a few weeks ago and it features an instrument that she had never emphasized before. This hit song, on her new (and hugely popular) Cowboy Carter album, ...