One of the most memorable moments in the 1972 film Deliverance is the banjo/guitar duel of Billy Redden and Ronny Cox. Musicians looking to add some of that plucky magic to their own compositions ...

The Lowest Pair is an American folk duo made up of Kendl Winter and Palmer T. Lee, known for their intertwined vocal ...

Screen cap from Pinecone’s concert video. L-R: Jerron Paxton, Kaia Kater and Dom Flemons"; Young banjo players Jerron Paxton and Kaia Kater hail from places that are pretty far removed from the ...

There’s a new banjo sound emanating from the Green Mountains that is catching on with players and audiences. While the ripping-fast percussive sound of a banjo in bluegrass music is familiar to most, ...

Obviously it's the band's M.O. to change their sound to whatever they like. If they wanted to, they could produce a record entirely instrumented by sitar and xylophone, and people would probably still ...

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 ...

The loss in Aug. 2007 of the famed transplanted NH resident, Irish singer/songwriter and national folk hero of the Emerald Isle at 74, Tommy Makem, alerted me recently to a news photo of Tommy with ...

Lonesome pine -- Eatin' out of your hand -- Two timin' baby -- Kentucky Hill special -- He showed me the way -- I'm all alone -- What can I tell my heart -- Windy mountain -- Lost in this world -- Two ...