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 ...

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 ...

Dr. Dena Jennings, a medical doctor and talented gourd builder, will lecture at the James Madison Museum Sunday, March 30 at 3 p.m. She will conduct an interactive overview of the elusive history of ...

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 ...

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 ...

The gourd banjos have sound holes on the side and the size of those holes will impact the instrument’s sound. If they’re large the sound will be more booming, but if it’s too large they can actually ...

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 ...

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 ...