Parker has been trying to find her place in the banjo world. So this week, she talks to Black banjo players like Grammy nominee, Rhiannon Giddens about creating community and reclaiming an instrument ...

We start in 1965, and Tony Trischka was a teenage banjo whiz from Syracuse, playing the traditional bluegrass number “Nine Pound Hammer” at a competition in Virginia. “Right in the midst of it I put ...

Banjo great Béla Fleck’s “Throw Down Your Heart: The Complete Africa Sessions” reissue has been nominated for Best Historical Album at the Grammy Awards. Back in 2005, the now 62-year-old acclaimed ...

The Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame & Museum will begin its fourth semester of 2025 group lessons on November 4, offering weekly ...