The banjo is typically reserved for folksy country songs, but the instrument can be pretty versatile (even if it still totally sounds like it should be on a folk song). These 11 bands channeled their ...

Charlie Weber - Media Director, Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage Rhiannon Giddens is joined by Canadian-American musician-songwriter Allison Russell (Po’ Girl, Birds of Chicago), ...

When Banjo was rescued, people all over Southern California wanted to adopt him. For the past five weeks, Banjo has been under the care of Riverside County Animal Services worker Jo Marie Upegui.

"What is it, banjo?" Amidon asks in the video, just as the seemingly possessed instrument jerks the singer around, lurching through the forest. "You have the sense that you are actually listening to a ...