One question looms large above all others in the world of music: who invented the banjolele? Some credit the century-old instrument’s creation to the Keech brothers, Alvin and Kelvin. Others assert ...

FAIRBANKS – The owners of a Fairbanks music store are asking for help recovering an unusual instrument shoplifted from their business Friday afternoon. The instrument, a banjo-ukulele hybrid known as ...

Auctioneer Charles Hanson said applause echoed around the room as the banjolele was sold A banjo ukulele formerly owned by popular 1930s and 40s entertainer George Formby has been sold at auction for ...

George Formby's banjolele which he used to record When I'm Cleaning Windows is expected to fetch up to £45,000 when it goes up for auction later this year.

Accomplished multi-instrumentalist and singer-songwriter Valerie June is set to publish her first children's book. Somebody to Love: The Story of Valerie June’s Sweet Little Baby Banjolele will be ...

I found Monti Eaton sitting on Fourth Avenue, singing away and playing on what appeared to be a mini-banjo, which I later found to be called a banjolele. He looked vaguely familiar to me, so I decided ...

Small, comical and associated with the light-hearted music of George Formby, the banjolele might seem innocent enough. But it doesn't amuse Transport for London, which has banned buskers from playing ...

The late George Harrison will be honoured at Liverpool’s Beatles Story in September with the arrival of a unique and rather controversial piece of memorabilia. The banjolele (which has the body of a ...