After brain surgery, tremor-stricken banjo legend is picking again. Oct. 3, 2008 — -- Eddie Adcock's fast picking and unconventional style made him world famous as a bluegrass banjo innovator.

J.D. Crowe, a banjo player who helped define the instrument for generations of bluegrass fans, died Friday, his family announced on Facebook. “This morning at around 3 a.m, our dad, JD Crowe, went ...

Young banjo player to play at Southeast Missourian's centennial celebration. One busy Saturday at his music store, Bill Shivelbine got a pleasant surprise. Shivelbine heard the sounds of a seasoned ...

The iconic North Carolina bluegrass musician Earl Scruggs would have turned 100 on Jan. 6. On Saturday, the Earl Scruggs Center in Shelby will host a special concert to honor his memory with the ...

Come on down to the American Banjo Museum this Saturday as they host their Bricktown Banjo Bash this weekend bringing the sounds of bluegrass, jazz and much more to the streets of downtown Oklahoma ...

Underneath a fingernail moon and the silhouettes of the Blue Ridge Mountains of Western North Carolina, Oliver Wood stood onstage at the Earl Scruggs Music Festival and declared, “This one goes out to ...

Popular music in North America entered a revolutionary stage in the 1940s, and a handful of recordings from the decade document the shift into music that was more virtuosic than what had come before.

LOWELL — Boarding House Park will be the site of many jam sessions throughout the day Saturday as the Lowell Summer Music Series’ Banjo & Fiddle Contest returns for the 44th year. The free event ...