Explore the roots of country music through Appalachian ballads, fiddle and banjo tunes, church music, parlor songs, minstrel ...

Originating with enslaved Africans, the banjo is now being reclaimed by Black musicians in contemporary music ...

Buck Trent, who invented the electric banjo and played on Dolly Parton's biggest hits, died three years ago today at age 85.

Before stars like Reba McEntire, Dolly Parton, and Shania Twain took over country music, there were artists like Roni Stoneman. Sharing her love for both country music and comedy, the star quickly ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Rhiannon Giddens JazzArchivHamburg/ullstein bild via Getty Images Beyoncé's surprise new country album has kicked open the saloon ...

Walden S. Fabry Collection, courtesy of the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum Roni Stoneman, a country musician who was known as “first lady of the banjo,” and was seen by millions as a familiar ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Roni Stoneman, a virtuoso banjo player, mainstay of the country music television show “Hee Haw” and one of the last surviving members of the Stoneman Family, a renowned Appalachian ...

On May 22, an all-star crew of Americana, bluegrass and country stars joined forces at the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum to elevate the legacy of bluegrass icon Earl Scruggs. Country Music ...

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks with researcher Joe Johnson and musician Jake Blount about the new Library of Congress guide to African American banjo music resources in its collection. A new generation of ...

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 ...