A party by the Inner Harbor this weekend celebrates Charm City’s long tradition of tapping a foot to the fiddle and nodding in agreement with the banjo. The Baltimore Old Time Music Festival on Friday ...

Jul. 29—While Sprung enjoyed performing at high-profile venues like Carnegie Hall and Lincoln Center, his friends said he got just as charged up playing improvisational jam sessions and jam parties in ...

Riley Baugus, a Walkertown native, grew up listening to blues and classic country musicians. At the age of 10, he started playing music and learned how to play the fiddle, banjo and guitar. Later, he ...

It was the summer of 2020. Everyone was out of work, and no one wanted to be inside. Local guitar and banjo player Tyson Gerhardt, aka Dusty The Kid, was looking for someone to start playing with, so ...

Ralph Stanley has seen "O Brother Where Art Thou?" 100 times by his count. Tonight will be 101. "It's a good movie," says the 85-year-old banjo icon, whose music is featured in the 2000 film. "I think ...

Noah Adams has a performance chat with two singer/songwriters: Jody Stecher and Kate Brislin. They play a blend of bluegrass, folk, and old-time country music. Their harmony has been likened to the ...

Residents of Lexington, newcomes and old-timers alike, make music together at the Old North Bar. (Photo by Anabel Peterman) This is your first of three free stories this month. Become a free or ...

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Beyonce’s hit “Texas Hold ’Em” opens with a beat seldom heard on hip-hop tracks: the unmistakable clip-clop of a four-stringed clawhammer banjo. It comes via folk icon Rhiannon Giddens, who was ...

Old Crow Medicine Show is a flame keeper of old-time music, the kind that ignites the human spirit through rich lineage and culture. The band formed in 1998 when a self-described “monkey-wrench gang ...