He credits his survival to pursuing his passion for playing the banjo, which he says gave him focus and positivity. All proceeds from his shows are donated to charity, raising nearly $800,000 to date.

Keith Alessi, a former CEO, created a one-man show after a cancer diagnosis gave him one year to live. Alessi credits his survival and happiness to his passion for learning to play the banjo. He ...

The Share America Foundation, Inc. announced its third 2025 Pearl and Floyd Franks Scholarship winner in LaFayette, Ga. The scholarship honors students excelling in the Appalachian musical arts. Pearl ...

This is a story about Chick-fil-A and solving problems—one that seemed pretty tough to tackle. It started when Chick-fil-A announced plans last year to open its first restaurant in Asia. I wondered ...

Derek Fordjour, Transmission, 2025. Wood, steel, iron, acrylic and rhinestones, 12 1/4 x 28 3/4 x 8 inches, (31.1 x 73 x 20.3 cm). Photo: Daniel Greer, courtesy of David Kordansky Gallery “Far enough” ...

The band "Caamp" taught a banjo and guitar lesson for a large group of people at Wax Trax Records. White House responds to Trump-Putin documents being found in hotel printer Object resembling a helmet ...

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 ...

Gabriel Calzada and Manuel Fernández Ordóñez rightly note that grid stability depends in part on conventional power plants providing inertia (“How the Lights Went Out in Spain,” op-ed, May 1). The ...

Chick Corea was a jazz master and a celebrated artist who explored harmonically adventurous post-bop, electric fusion, Latin, classical and solo piano. He emerged on the jazz scene as a member of ...

Oversize paperback, 8½” by 11″, 64 pages, illustrated, no ISBN, no list price. A Work in Progress is a fitting title for a book with a scant 40 pages of actual text. The pages are oversized at 8½” x ...

“With Béla, our duet has become so simpatico, and comfortable–comfortable spiritually.” Corea said in 2015. “And not meaning that we’re not adventuring musically, but I know that whatever we’re going ...

Durham has a brand new festival to get excited about in 2025. Biscuits & Banjos, a festival curated by Grammy and Pulitzer Prize winning North Carolina legend Rhiannon Giddens is taking place April 25 ...