Screen cap from Pinecone’s concert video. L-R: Jerron Paxton, Kaia Kater and Dom Flemons"; Young banjo players Jerron Paxton and Kaia Kater hail from places that are pretty far removed from the ...

For the past two years, the Denver-based band Paper Bird has been playing to packed houses throughout the West. The seven-piece band mixes multipart harmonies with a deliberately vintage sound. It's a ...

There’s a new banjo sound emanating from the Green Mountains that is catching on with players and audiences. While the ripping-fast percussive sound of a banjo in bluegrass music is familiar to most, ...

According to Ukulele magazine, George wouldn’t have fallen in love with the ukulele without George Formby, who popularized the instrument in England in the 1920s. At one point, Formby was the ...

Despite the fact that he is only in his early 20s, Gregg Welty is in the midst of creating an ode to his past. The Mayville native is in the final stages of producing his debut album, entitled ...

Fifteen-time Grammy-winning banjo player Béla Fleck and his wife Abigail Washburn are making their second appearance at the Savannah Music Festival as a duo to showcase their newest album, “Echo in ...

Lonesome pine -- Eatin' out of your hand -- Two timin' baby -- Kentucky Hill special -- He showed me the way -- I'm all alone -- What can I tell my heart -- Windy mountain -- Lost in this world -- Two ...

Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Soulful strains of music floated eerily through the sanctuary at Springfield Presbyterian Church ...

Eric Thompson, guitar ; Mac Benford, banjo and lead vocals ; Sandy Bradley, harmony vocals. Production notes: "Recorded at 1750 Arch St. Studio, Berkeley, Calif. by ...

If there's anything Bela Fleck finds hard to resist, it's the chance to play with truly unique musicians. And that's something he got to do plenty during the making of his new album and documentary, ...