Bobby Thompson, whose innovative style of banjo picking influenced generations, would have turned 89 years old today.

On this day (October 9) in 2023, legendary banjo player Buck Trent died at the age of 85. Before he passed away, Trent built a lasting legacy with his versatile musical talent and innovative thinking.

Rhiannon Giddens is a musical polymath. As someone who started out studying opera vocals, she’s best known for her skills as ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Buck Trent, 85, a well-regarded banjo player, steel guitarist (among many instruments) and groundbreaking entrepreneur -- whose ...

We talk with the genre-busting banjo ace, a native North Carolinian living in Nashville, before the release party at The ’58 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Bluegrass banjo player and comedian Roni Stoneman warms up backstage for the lunch show of the Nashville Nightlife dinner theater ...

Musician Jordan Feil, known as Old Boy Jo, splits his time between East Tennessee and traveling the country in a van, performing with his banjo.

At an early age, Michael Miles came to understand the cultural baggage that came from being a banjo player — that it was a primitive instrument and not sophisticated enough for the so-called fine arts ...

NORTHAMPTON, Mass. Banjo pioneer Tony Trischka, one of the music world's most revered players, was inspired to learn the instrument about 45 years ago after hearing the Kingston Trio's "Charlie and ...

Traveling Ireland by bus. With a dozen banjo players. And jokes. What could be better? Gavin McNutt, Flynn Whitmnore, Matt Bergen and Enda Scahill played tunes at the Cliffs of Moher in Western ...