At the 42nd annual Topanga Banjo Fiddle Contest deep in the Santa Monica Mountains on Sunday, some of the most joyful and heartfelt bluegrass music did not come from the competition stages. Rather, it ...

On hearing George Jackson play a fiddle tune from his new record Hair & Hide, you might think he’d lived in Appalachia all his life. In fact, the New Zealand-born fiddler and composer made his way to ...

Jonas Friddle grew up listening to classic rock, Creedence Clearwater Revival, for example. He also heard a lot of folk musicians, including John Prine and Doc Watson, while growing up in the North ...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — She taught herself on a Sears, Roebuck & Co. banjo at 15. Nine months later, Anna Uptain Denison was picking the stringed instrument in a gospel group. Now 30 years into playing, ...

RICHMOND, Va. — Six young contestants are coming to the Richmond Folk Festival this weekend to compete in a national banjo competition. JAMinc, a local nonprofit focusing on providing music education ...

Gena Britt plays banjo, sings harmony and sometimes takes the vocal lead in the band Sister Sadie. She and the band look forward to performing in front of music fans in downtown Raleigh for the ...