Riley is someone steeped in the traditions of the ‘old-time’ music of the southern Appalachians. His shows are part music, ...

SEVIER COUNTY, Tenn. — Music is a language that knows no barriers. It carries with it memories, culture and history. Southern Appalachian music has been telling the story of the people in East ...

In a quiet nook of Friendship Farm Park down in the fields of Nanjemoy, a group of music historians and banjo enthusiasts gathered to talk about the stringed instrument, which was documented in its ...

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 ...

ADAMS - Most people would describe Tao Rodriguez-Seeger as a folk singer, but he challenges that description. "It's not a very meaningful label," he says. "Anyone with an acoustic guitar is a 'folk ...

For Marc Smirnoff, the magazine’s editor and publisher, certain aspects of music have always been special -- its uplifting nature, its intimacy, even its ability to “sweep down and take complete hold ...

A four-day festival is being held in tribute to the centennial of the historic 1925 OKeh recording session in Asheville.

Tickets for both shows are available at https://www.victorianvalleychapel.com/concert-series.

Grammy Award-winner Alison Brown’s status as the world’s most unlikely banjo star is as undeniable as her command of the steel-stringed instrument long synonymous with her name. Her star-studded new ...