FRANKLIN, Tenn. (WKRN) — “It’s one of the better days that we’ve had in a while,” Willard Logan told News 2 in Franklin Saturday afternoon. Logan, along with Barton Davies, William Reames, Sam ...

Early American banjo music is Black music. The banjo was created by enslaved African Americans, and according to the Smithsonian Institute, up until the 1830s, the banjo was exclusively an African ...

Beyoncé's surprise new country album has kicked open the saloon doors to a new audience. While this may not be Beyoncé's first rodeo when it comes to country music, people are now exploring the genre ...

CHATHAM, N.Y. -- That "twangy," fast-paced, metallic sound draws so many musicians to the banjo. The sound is so unique that many musicians feel compelled to play it. That sound has a long history.

Beyonce’s hit “Texas Hold ’Em” opens with a beat seldom heard on hip-hop tracks: the unmistakable clip-clop of a four-stringed clawhammer banjo. It comes via folk icon Rhiannon Giddens, who was ...

Beyoncé is brushing up on her banjo-playing skills for her first-ever Cowboy Carter live performances during the halftime show of Netflix‘s inaugural NFL Christmas Gameday. The singer released a ...

The Chaco-clad, North Face-toting students don’t seem to notice the slow trickle of people entering the auditorium. Sprawled in hammocks or bustling to class, the Appalachian State University ...

The birth of banjo great Earl Scruggs — born 96 years ago on January 6th, 1924, in the Cleveland County community of Flint Hill, North Carolina — predated the debut of the Grand Ole Opry by less than ...

Cabinet card image of Horace Weston (ca. 1880s) posing with his top hat and a fretless instrument, possibly a Stewart Universal Presentation banjo, included in the research files of the Old Town ...

"I vowed never to make banjo jokes because I really respect the banjo," he told THR. "It’s quite beautiful, and it’s misunderstood. But somehow, the temptation was too great!" By Ashley Lee Bright ...

African American roots -- The origins of black face minstrelsy -- The birth of a banjoist -- On the road in Great Britain -- Back in the United States : touring with a minstrel band and final days -- ...