The site is geared towards real-life banjo players, but a lot of its information can easily be translated into MIDI. Don't miss the jukebox player with hundreds of examples of banjo styles. There are ...

J.D. Crowe, banjo player who brought rock and R&B to bluegrass, dies at 84 January 2, 2022 J.D. Crowe performing in 2012 in Indio, Calif. (Karl Walter/Getty Images for Stagecoach) ...

J.D. Crowe, a banjo player who helped define the instrument for generations of bluegrass fans, died Friday, his family announced on Facebook. “This morning at around 3 a.m,, our dad, JD Crowe ...

NASHVILLE -- Bluegrass legend and banjo pioneer Earl Scruggs, who helped profoundly change country music with Bill Monroe in the 1940s and later with guitarist Lester Flatt, has died. He was 88 ...

Steve Martin's Tuesday night concert at Carnegie Hall was billed as "An Evening of Banjo and Bluegrass." But he couldn't resist adding some comedy to the mix, sprinkling some novelty songs into ...

Banjo player J.D. Crowe, who led the New South and was one of the most renowned players in bluegrass music, has died at age 84. Continue to Variety SKIP AD You will be redirected back to your ...

The Next Generation theme through the twang of a banjo? Musician Gordon Lustig has done just that. In a delightfully offbeat ...

The Banjo's Evolution. The instrument's murky history doesn't stop there. The banjo hit mainstream culture through minstrel shows, where performers often donned blackface and used the stage to ...

Sleepy Man Banjo Boys are a bluegrass band of brothers from New Jersey. The group, comprised of 17-year-old Tommy, 14-year-old Robbie, and 12-year-old Jonny Mizzone, first got into bluegrass ...

Tray Wellington Expands on His Progressive Bluegrass Sound With ‘Detour to the Moon’: ‘I’ve Always Considered Myself an Explorer of the Banjo’ ...

J.D. Crowe, a banjo player who helped define the instrument for generations of bluegrass fans, died Friday, his family announced on Facebook. “This morning at around 3 a.m,, our dad, JD Crowe ...