Twenty years ago, the old-time string band Carolina Chocolate Drops turned heads and wowed audiences. They were young. They ...

RALEIGH (WTVD) -- Bluegrass lovers and legends will all play a part in this weekend's Wide Open Bluegrass Festival, including a 15-year-old named Garrett Newton who is hard not to fall in love with.

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 ...

youth BANJO FARM on August 2 with a fun-filled day of instruments, basic banjo workshops and banjo crafts featuring Lucas Ross. Attendees can expect face-painting, crafts and workshops and a Youth ...

Most people would say, "A banjo is a banjo," but there are two separate worlds of banjo lovers separated by one thin string. Five-string pickers play bluegrass and folk music, and four-string ...

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. – One musician in Springfield says give everything your best effort because you never know who could be watching. Alan Munde plays the banjo. Recently, he won the Steve Martin Banjo ...

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. – One musician in Springfield says give everything your best effort because you never know who could be watching. Alan Munde plays the banjo. Recently, he won the Steve Martin Banjo ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. ST. LOUIS (KTVI) – Founded in 2008, the St.