In addition to being a professor of sociology and criminal justice at SUNY Plattsburgh, Steve Light is also a respected scholar of banjo-ology. Light has mastered his art exploring the musical outer ...

St. Cloud has soaked in Kyle Gray Young's music since he moved to the Granite City in 2018. He's now preparing the 45th issue of Kyle's Banjo Club banjo sheet music. The 41-year-old musician, who ...

Grammy Award-winner Alison Brown’s status as the world’s most unlikely banjo star is as undeniable as her command of the steel-stringed instrument long synonymous with her name. Her star-studded new ...

Gregg Stafford & the Jazz Hounds’ birthday tribute to Danny Barker at Snug Harbor, 626 Frenchmen St. The band includes drummer Shannon Powell, bassist Kerry Lewis, trombonist Lucien Barbarin, ...

Folk and country music often blends the sharp twang of a banjo with the mellow and sustained tone of a guitar. While the two instruments appear to be very similar – at least at first glance – they ...

CRISFIELD, Md. — Patrick Costello hadn't completely lost his hearing, but by third grade, a lot of it was gone, so he wasn't totally following the school assembly. A blind woman was telling the ...

Say the words ‘instrumental guitar’, and music fans of a certain age might think of Hank Marvin; your longtime guitar fan will probably throw out the names of OG shredders like Joe Satriani and Yngwie ...