Chris Prieto’s only prior experience with a musical instrument was playing saxophone in the fifth grade. After becoming enthralled by old-time and country roots music a decade ago, Prieto decided to ...

ANCHOR INTRO: The Museum of Making Music in Carlsbad says its ultimate purpose is to make the world more musical. KPBS arts reporter Beth Accomando says you can get your hands on an electric banjo and ...

During Common Ground on the Hill, visitors to McDaniel College’s Westminster campus don’t have to walk far before hearing music. It could be ukuleles being played in a course on the second floor of ...

KOKOMO – Brian Carver built his first banjo when he was 17 years old using a piece of plywood, paper clips and an old frying pan. He got the idea to make one after he bought a cheap Bean Blossom banjo ...

When he took the stage at Chapel Hill’s Nightlight a few weeks ago, Zeke Graves didn’t draw much from the moody electronica he crafts as Datahata or from the spectral electric guitar improvisations ...

KOKOMO, Ind. (AP) - Brian Carver built his first banjo when he was 17 years old using a piece of plywood, paper clips and an old frying pan. He got the idea to make one after he bought a cheap Bean ...

The Black Banjo Reclamation Project aims to put banjos into the hands of everyday people. Paul Ruta Of all the melodic musical instruments in the world, perhaps none is more connected to the land it ...

in the United States between the 1730s and the 1830s turns up 58 different references to the banjo-and 57 of those citations describe the instrument as being played by black Americans. Ross, one of ...