The banjo is typically reserved for folksy country songs, but the instrument can be pretty versatile (even if it still totally sounds like it should be on a folk song). These 11 bands channeled their ...

America’s tuning fork. That is what writer and poet Carl Sandburg called Pete Seeger, the gangly banjo-strumming folk singer who provided the music that told a nation’s story and invoked a people’s ...

*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. Despite being surrounded by banjos most of her life, 93-year-old Marion Bolt didn't start playing until she was in her seventh ...

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 ...

Singer-songwriter Anne-Marie Akin introduced a banjo to her performance for preschool children allowing them to strum the strings and dance to her songs at the Ela Area Public Library. "It's November, ...