MANSFIELD - Local jazz banjo wizard Steve Caddick will have an added distinction when he joins with Paul Poirier in hosting the All Frets national gathering of distinguished banjo pickers and stringed ...

Over the past few years, Tony Trischka, considered one of the most influential banjo players around, has been delving deep into the music of another banjo master: the late Earl Scruggs. Scruggs, in ...

Banjo jokes abound, poking fun at the twangy instrument, at its shape, at banjo pickers. There's even one that asks what the difference is between a banjo and a chain ...

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 ...