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 ...

It might start with a banjo, a fiddle and an upright bass. They'd lay into a tune the type your great-grandparents might have tapped their toes to, and a nearby guitar would join them. Then a mandolin ...

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 ...

MANSFIELD - Local jazz banjo wizard Steve Caddick will have an added distinction when he joins with Paul Poirier in hosting the All Frets national gathering of distinguished banjo pickers and stringed ...

Abigail Washburn has been called a folk singer and an old-time banjo picker, which are both accurate but not quite apt. In truth, she is perhaps better described as a world musician: Grounded in ...

Conversation with Granny Porter ; Cluck old hen (1:27) -- Western country ; Katy Hill ; Reminiscences ; Old Jimmy Sutton (7:43) --Black Mountain rag (2:02) --Polly put the kettle on (0:55) --Ida Red ...

For some reason, the banjo is an instrument that lends itself to jokes. For example, one joke asks, “What’s worse than a banjo?” The answer, “Two banjos.” If that’s the case, the audience can ...