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 ...

We Banjo 3, which originated in Galway, Ireland, plays a fusion of traditional Irish, old-time and bluegrass music that has been dubbed “Celtgrass.” Members of the group have captured “All Ireland” ...

The documentary, Banjo Romanticka: American Bluegrass and the Czech Imagination, is airing this month on PBS. It was produced by two ETSU faculty members, who look at Czech musicians, who are part of ...

There was nothing jokey about the way Scruggs attacked his "fancy five-string banjo," as Opry announcer George D. Hayes called it. In a performance broadcast to much of the country but unfortunately ...