At Denver's Swallow Hill Banjo Fest on Saturday, the toe-tappin' rhythm, quick-pickin' chords and an unmistakable twang ...

SAN DIEGO — If your goal in life is to make the banjo cool again, winning a Grammy Award and teaming up with actor Steve Martin are two good ways to go. In this Zevely Zone, I went to La Jolla to ...

PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- We all need a thank you from time to time for our work - it might be a card, some flowers, or a sweet treat. A Center City woman took it a lot further, serenading those who ...

Kelly Clarkson and Steve Martin make a great musical duo. On June 2, Clarkson released her new song, "i hate love," which she recorded with Martin, who played the banjo on the track. In a video shared ...

Rascal Flatts' debut single from their new album isn't as much of a breath of fresh air as 'Why Wait' from 'Nothing Like This' was, but the trio doesn't need a sonic makeover as badly as they did in ...

Innovations in tech have encouraged merges in genre. Computer vs. Banjo has literalized that ongoing process in both its band name and forthcoming self-titled debut, due out June 17. The ...

You can’t swing a cat these days without hitting a hipster with a banjo in his hands. At least part of the credit for this phenomenon goes to Old Crow Medicine Show. Nearly 15 years ago, the young ...

Saying that Danny Barnes plays the banjo is like saying Lionel Messi kicks a soccer ball. Barnes doesn’t just play the banjo—he plucks it, thrums it, claws it, bashes it, runs it through processors, ...

Two-time Grammy winner Rhiannon Giddens said she learned the day after the Super Bowl that she has an instrumental track on one of Beyonce's new singles. Giddens said she recorded a few banjo tracks ...

'I don't know that we ever understood life or death as well as we do now,' says the banjo-guitarist. Speaking with Rolling Stone, Avett discusses why the band made a banjo song the first single (“Live ...

Of course, he explains it all with a joke. Actor/writer/comedian/dude-allergic-to-free-time Steve Martin has been embarking on a new, old pursuit of late: writing ...