"My father was born with this instrument," Laemouahuma Daniel Jatta says. "This is part of our history." Jatta, 55, is from Gambia, a member of the Jola people. He's holding an akonting: a ...

Early American banjo music is Black music. The banjo was created by enslaved African Americans, and according to the Smithsonian Institute, up until the 1830s, the banjo was exclusively an African ...

One of Japan’s most distinctive banjo voices arrives in Bangkok for Bangkok Banjo Fest. Takumi Kodera earns a reputation as ...

Bangkok doesn’t get many nights like this. On May 23, The Royal Oak hosts a full-evening banjo session that pulls in serious ...

Pop superstar Beyoncé released "Texas Hold 'Em" a few weeks ago and it features an instrument that she had never emphasized before. This hit song, on her new (and hugely popular) Cowboy Carter album, ...

Despite the name, banjo bolts are unlikely to improve the sound of your motorcycle, but instead serve an important and ...

If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. There is no way to achieve that old-fashioned Appalachian ...

Keith Urban is well-known for his prowess as a guitarist, but the singer-songwriter and instrumentalist is also talented at playing other instruments, as he recently demonstrated. The superstar was ...

Phoebe Sanders' traditional “jig doll is named Gilligan, after the 1960s sitcom 'Gilligan’s Island' " Phoebe Sanders Phoebe Sanders has gone viral for her banjo performances featuring a custom-made ...