I discovered Arborea amid a sea of 1,300 songs that I heard in preparation for South by Southwest. The music stood out for its calm beauty, its rough edges, and the duo's ability to speak eloquently ...

“Hello, hello, hello. Hi, hi, hi,” sang storyteller Susan Reed as she strummed a banjo, welcoming an audience of second-graders in the Library Story Room at the Lincoln Public Schools campus. Reed, an ...

CHARLESTON — Three musicians from Parkersburg, Ripley and Glenville won five first places in competitions at the 46th annual Vandalia Festival sponsored by the West Virginia Department of Arts, ...

The question is inevitable as soon as the band's name is printed in an event program -- just what is a hamjo, anyway? Music aficionado Sally Anderson smiles with amusement as she describes how the ...

Overall view of a fancy banjo, ca 1928. Made by Bacon & Day Co. of Groton, Connecticut for George Reams, a soloist, teacher and radio banjoist. It is a NePlus Ultra Model. From the collections of the ...

Members of the Silver Strings Dulcimer Society filled the springtime air with the sweet sounds of a chorus of hammered dulcimers in front of Michigan’s Capitol on Tuesday. The society, based in Garden ...