Pete Seeger (1919 - 2014) was a giant of our time. Growing up in a musical family, he had a long and productive career as a folk song leader and social activist. Overall, he appears (or is otherwise ...

Twenty years ago, the old-time string band Carolina Chocolate Drops turned heads and wowed audiences. They were young. They ...

101 Tuning Up / Banjo. 102 A Basic Strum / Banjo. 103 The Fifth String / Banjo. 104 Hammering On / Banjo. 105 Pulling Off / Banjo. 106 Double Thumbing / Banjo. 107 Frailing / Banjo. 108 Three Finger ...

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 ...