PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- We all need a thank you from time to time for our work - it might be a card, some flowers, or a sweet treat. A Center City woman took it a lot further, serenading those who ...

If there's any instrument in the quiver of American music that can simultaneously summon heartbreak, salvation and joy, it just might be the banjo. It's a simple mechanism of hoop, animal skin, neck ...

Appalachia has always been blessed with some great female banjo pickers from Lily May Ledford to Molly O’ Day. Those gals, and so many more, get some serious props in the multi-media exhibit, “Banjo ...

Two-time Grammy winner Rhiannon Giddens said she learned the day after the Super Bowl that she has an instrumental track on one of Beyonce's new singles. Giddens said she recorded a few banjo tracks ...

It was while hearing Glen Campbell at The Egg in 2012 that Jamie Moore had the unexpected thought of maybe picking up the banjo. Moore was in her early 40s at the time, and had never played an ...

HUNTINGTON — “Banjo Women in West Virginia and Eastern Kentucky,” a multimedia exhibit of photographs, text, and audio that celebrates the role of women in the development of banjo music in Appalachia ...

This marks the 38th year for the North Carolina Jazz Festival, which returns to the Hilton Wilmington Riverside Feb. 1-3. Along with the many top players who are returning for the festival, there's a ...

Why should the accordionists have all the fun? A few years ago, several female banjo players looked at the positive response garnered by the Accordion Babes’ annual picture calendar and compilation ...