Jonas Friddle grew up listening to classic rock, Creedence Clearwater Revival, for example. He also heard a lot of folk musicians, including John Prine and Doc Watson, while growing up in the North ...

Often used in country, folk and bluegrass music, the American banjo is an instrument evolved from versions made by African slaves who, in turn, replicated indigenous West African plucked instruments ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Jul. 29—While Sprung enjoyed performing at high-profile venues like Carnegie Hall and Lincoln Center, his friends said he got just ...

The “godfather” of progressive bluegrass, he grew up in New York, honed his skills in the mountains and flourished in Greenwich Village in the ’60s. By Alex Williams Roger Sprung, a banjo virtuoso and ...

In 1963, when the folk-music trend made a young Greg Deering want to learn to play the banjo, his mother said no. But he was obsessed, desperate to create the sounds he had heard on a Kingston Trio ...

Clawhammer banjo, while sometimes used to play classical, Irish or other musical styles, is basically music from the Appalachian mountains, and complements the primary instrument the fiddle. Eno, a ...

Jen Sygit grew up listening to an eclectic mix of music – from Elvis to Cat Stevens to Led Zeppelin. Perhaps that’s one reason she likes doing what she calls a hodge-podge of styles. “I do folk ...

Banjo fans and talent scouts: It’s the third annual competition known as the Scott Street Five String Finals this Saturday, Oct. 14 at 4 p.m. at the CarMax Family Stage during the Richmond Folk ...

NEWTOWN — The folk music world is mourning the passing of legendary five-string banjo player, teacher and pioneer of progressive bluegrass. Roger Sprung, 92, who was known as one of the founding ...