A musician who had his beloved custom made banjo stolen in Albury says the loss feels like having an arm chopped off.

Giddens said that after Beyoncé released “Texas Hold ‘Em,” the long-time banjoist began noticing more people taking banjo classes and learning about the instrument that has roots stretching ...

Credit: Jack Vartoogian/Getty Images Rhiannon Giddens, the musician who contributed banjo on Beyonce’s huge 2024 hit Texas Hold ‘Em has been talking about her complicated feelings about that ...

I’m just walking around trying to make shows and hope that I strike a chord. This is the first noisy show I’ve been on since Girls. It doesn’t necessarily translate to people watching it ...

The tenor guitar ... “Most chords only need three or four notes. Strumming campfire-style on a six-string, you wind up playing repeated notes. We call ’em the training strings.

Her new album is "Carter Country" and it features a banjo on the hit song "Texas Hold 'Em." At right: a gourd banjo was an early American incarnation of an instrument that originated in Africa and ...

The voicings on a tenor banjo end up with a more traditional impact to the ear, in my opinion. But I've heard some people who play that banjo perfectly well and don't make it sound so traditional.

Robert Randolph was tooling around Florida when the call came. The musician, whose sacred steel slide guitar has powered his own Family Band albums and has popped up on records by Elton John, Ozzy ...

"When totalitarian rule emerges, when people lose their freedoms, cinema is the first to take the hit," To said at a Berlin International Film Festival press conference. By Patrick Brzeski Asia ...

A wood-burning stove is simmering in Tom Cussen’s workshop as he works on a 1930s Gibson tenor banjo. “It was in rag order when it got here,” says Cussen, whose business, Clareen Banjos ...

This song is quite easy to play on the ukulele. Except for the Em chord, all of the chords are basic open chords. The intro features a simple two-chord riff that is perfect for beginners, while the ...