With sequins and glitter, music and pageantry, the nation’s oldest folk parade strutted through downtown Philadelphia ...

Powerful winds disrupted the 125th annual Mummers Parade and forced the String Band competition to be suspended for the first ...

Jim Brown is the Presentation Coordinator for the South Philly String Band, whose presentation of Castlevania at the 2025 ...

Due to snow squalls that came through as well as wind, the string bands' sets and props were damaged, and four or five people ...

With New Year's Day fast approaching, the Greater Kensington String Band is putting the finishing touches on its performance ...

Greater Kensington String Band welcomes the public to attend its Mummers Parade warm-up session on Thursday, Jan. 1, from 9 ...

Steve Heise and Alina Josan make music together by instinct and improvisation, one string at a time. They recently discussed their artistic convergence and the birth of their first album.

Four UNG students, along with Dr. Esther Morgan-Ellis, professor of music history, attended the fourth annual String Band Summit, where they presented a workshop and papers. Morgan-Ellis said students ...

Hubby jenkins, of the Carolina Chocolate Drops, speaks of his path to membership in the band as “my own educational journey.” Jenkins, 27, is fairly new to the group; Carolina Chocolate Drops formed ...

In March of 2025, at the annual Big Ears Music Festival in Knoxville, Tennessee, I was one of hundreds of festival-goers entranced by a group of up-and-coming musicians exploring a storied American ...

The whipping winds on New Year's Day forced the Mummers Parade to postpone the String Band competition for the first time in ...