At first glance, Nitrograss might appear to be just another Asheville, N.C.-based bluegrass ensemble, albeit one with an incredibly talented banjo player. Charles Wood, the banjo player in question, ...

Rhiannon Giddens is down at the river, carrying a flame of heritage, and she’s inviting anyone who wants to join her to come down and light their own wicks. Rivers are traditionally sites of salvation ...

It’s safe to say the Erin Feis festival hasn’t seen a musical act quite like We Banjo 3, the quartet from Galway, Ireland, composed of banjos and fiddles. The group plays a style that fuses American ...

CHAMPAIGN – Garry Harrison and the New Mules, who specialize in the traditional music of Illinois, will offer fiddle and banjo and clogging workshops on Saturday at Techline and the Phillips ...

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 ...

Nora Brown is only a teenager, yet she’s been playing banjo and guitar for over a decade. Putting her own spin on traditional roots music, Brown will bring her show (in duo format) to the Music Hall ...

We Banjo 3, which originated in Galway, Ireland, plays a fusion of traditional Irish, old-time and bluegrass music that has been dubbed “Celtgrass.” Members of the group have captured “All Ireland” ...

Carson Moore, Wayne Henderson Scholarship recipient. Photo courtesy of PacJAM. Press release from PacJAM: PacJAM (Pacolet Junior Appalachian Musicians) is entering its 5th year of helping to keep ...