In addition to being a professor of sociology and criminal justice at SUNY Plattsburgh, Steve Light is also a respected scholar of banjo-ology. Light has mastered his art exploring the musical outer ...

SAN FRANCISCO — The 49ers were trailing late in the fourth quarter en route to another frustrating loss at Monster Park. Fans were restless. Just then, 57-year-old Stacy Samuels of Fairfax walked down ...

This summer marks the 40th anniversary of the screen adaptation of James Dickey’s Deliverance, as famous for its Grammy Award-winning instrumental song “Dueling Banjos” as its unsettling “bet you can ...

Early American banjo music is Black music. The banjo was created by enslaved African Americans, and according to the Smithsonian Institute, up until the 1830s, the banjo was exclusively an African ...

Pre-telecast: 1 p.m. Sunday, streams live on grammy.com Awards show: 8 p.m. Sunday, telecast on KFMB/Channel 8 Popping Off: George Varga will be blogging about ...

A banjo player named for three classical composers, Béla Anton Leos Fleck celebrates both bluegrass and classical sounds with his original music, to be performed in the New Orleans area from Jan. 8-10 ...

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Arthur Smith, a music legend and TV pioneer from Charlotte, died Thursday at the age of 93, according to WSOC-TV. Smith gained national attention in 1955 after composing a banjo ...

When you consider the banjo, you'd be forgiven for assuming that its just the guitar's twangier, countrier cousin. However, the instrument has recently shaken off its southern porch-front roots - you ...

There’s an instrumental edit, too, with musician Rhiannon Giddens commenting that "I used to say many times as soon as Beyoncé puts the banjo on a track my job is done. Well, I didn’t expect the banjo ...