A banjo played by John Lennon has been unveiled alongside a mosaic featuring nearly 1,300 images of The Beatles star to mark what would have been his 85th birthday.

Stacker takes a look at Black artists music wouldn't be the same without, from Sister Rosetta Tharpe to Tupac Shakur.

Comedy legend Steve Martin surprises fans by joining Aerosmith’s Steven Tyler for a banjo feature on the acoustic version of ...

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 ...

On this day (October 29) in 1937, Sonny Osborne was born in Thousandsticks, Kentucky. After learning to play the banjo as a child, he formed a group with his brother, Bobby Osborne. Together, the ...

The Faulkner Chamber Music Festival continues with two free performances in the Center for Humanities and Arts Theater at the University of Arkansas-Pulaski Technical College, 3000 W. Scenic Drive, ...

Former Led Zeppelin lead singer Robert Plant is releasing a new album this week. Plant’s “Saving Grace” is set to be released ...

Let's do a deep dive on this Southern classic. One of the sounds most synonymous with the South is the twang of a banjo—barely edged out by the thrum of cicadas or the honeyed cadence of the Southern ...

When local artist Tim Bing was growing up with his brothers, Mike and Dave, just outside of Huntington, family and friends would often get together in Wayne County and listen to the “old timers” play ...