Browsing: Banjo

“The banjo has a plunky, non-sustaining tone. Still, I believe the banjo deserves to be an instrument of the blues. Even its history could be a blues song!” – Poet laureate Norbert Krapf

Banjo prize winners will be featured on Deering Live on October 6

William Elliott Whitmore announces new album, ‘I’m With You,’ out on October 16

The great Steve Martin is here to remind us that the percussive arts — namely just one man and his…

From it’s African origins to Minstrel shows and finally Bluegrass, the Banjo is one of the oldest instruments in American roots music. Discover it’s history here.