Chris Hirsch had never really enjoyed school. He had started college, and he was making commendable grades. He just didn't like it. After five semesters at St. Edward's University in Austin and then ...

Start tuning your instrument and reading tablature to learn beginner banjo songs and roll this easy bluegrass banjo chord song. So you always wanted to play bluegrass banjo, eh? You picked up a nice ...

In today’s Academic Minute, Professor Randy Zwally of Messiah College explains the invention of hardware that allows the banjo to be played in and out of tune. Randy Zwally is Director of Guitar ...

What constitutes bluegrass music? Does it need to be all acoustic? Can it ever be electric? Does it always include a banjo, a mandolin, a dobro and fiddles? If it ventures into jam band territory, is ...

Did you hear the one about the banjo player who got all the gigs? Well, it’s no joke, the banjo is back, and it couldn’t be more popular. A mainstay of trad jazz, bluegrass and folk, the banjo’s ...