( Steve Baughman playing a real ole-timey Appalachian banjo-song's tune on his steel-strung ac guitar.. which leads to a pretend-one of his own. Deft-cyclic, solo fingerstyle ac guitar, using ...

For Boston-based musician Tev Stevig, an epiphany occurred when he first heard the fretless guitar. For years, Stevig had explored American music from old time folk music to jazz, as well as the ...

Steve Martin knows banjo playing and works hard to keep the tradition alive, establishing an annual award given to players who excel on the instrument. This year, the Steve Martin Banjo Prize ...

"Subtle" is not a word often used to describe the five-string banjo. When most people think of the instrument, they're apt to conjure up Flatt and Scruggs' epic, Foggy Mountain Breakdown, or the ...