Canadian banjo player Allison de Groot had been getting a lot of notice and gaining a lot of fans when she was part of the Winnipeg-based country-bluegrass-folk quartet Oh My Darling. But a move south ...

Program and biographical notes by Charlie Faurot on container. "Old time banjo and fiddle tunes"; featuring Wade Ward, Fred Cockerham, George Stoneman and Kyle Creed, with instrumental ensemble.

Kenny Kosek has announced the highly anticipated follow-up to his 1997 solo record, Angelwood, by divulging details and sharing notes regarding the Sept. 6 release of Twisted Sage. The forthcoming ...

Yes. In the hills west of Los Angeles — not all that far from the rock ‘n’ roll glam of Sunset Boulevard, and even closer to the home base of the Guitar Center — the fiddle is alive and well. So is ...

Fiddle & Banjo, Karrnnel Sawitsky and Daniel Koulack's duo project, treads some very well worn traditional territory, but its charm lies in the combination of fiddle tunes from Canada with those of ...

LOWELL — Folding chairs clogged the halls of Lowell High School Saturday. The sound of string instruments bounced off blue lockers. Toes tapped. Knees bounced. Heads bobbed. Players of all ages and ...

LOWELL — They played songs like “Old Greasy Coat,” “Granny Will Your Dog Bite” and “Johnny Don’t Get Drunk.” American Idol it’s not. The Banjo & Fiddle Contest is a celebration of old-time music and ...

When my longtime friend, Fiddlin’ Ted Fenstermacher, from Macungie, called me to play a banjo-fiddle gig with him, I readily agreed. There’s something about the sound of just an acoustic banjo and ...

When putting together this top 10 of the most influential banjo players of all time, we needed to make a decision. Do we consider everybody that plays a stringed instrument with a drum for a body, or ...

Crime doesn’t pay, the old saying goes. That’s especially true for thieves trying to sell the goods back to the person they were stolen from. Local fiddle legend Alfie Myhre has been reunited with his ...