Kenny Oexner can pick a pretty polka tune or rock the house with his rendition of “Whole Lotta Shakin’ Goin’ On.” The Eustis musician has been pickin’ and strummin’ on the guitar and banjo and singing ...

MASCOUTAH, Ill. — A little boy and his banjo are taking one Metro East community by storm to support Shriner’s Hospital. "I got it for my 8th birthday,” said Sam Gillespie. In an effort to break up ...

Legacy Meridian Park Medical Center offers a class for those rehabilitating after a stroke thanks to Tualatin resident Bill James, or "Banjo Bill" as he is known to his fans. James is a retired ...

Bela Fleck and Abigail Washburn, the world's pre-eminent banjo players, perform twice in New Jersey this month. The husband-wife duo stop at SOPAC April 7 and Princeton University April 13. "This tour ...

Beyoncé is brushing up on her banjo-playing skills for her first-ever Cowboy Carter live performances during the halftime show of Netflix‘s inaugural NFL Christmas Gameday. The singer released a ...

The banjo is typically reserved for folksy country songs, but the instrument can be pretty versatile (even if it still totally sounds like it should be on a folk song). These 11 bands channeled their ...

LYONS — As the proverbial saying goes — build it and they will come. So, imagine what happened — and who showed up — when a Lyons man built a 30-foot-long banjo in his front yard. Jacob Leeuwenburgh’s ...