Billy Strings & RedOctane Games have teamed up to create Banjo Hero, a new rhythm game that lets players live out their ...

Yes. In the hills west of Los Angeles — not all that far from the rock ‘n’ roll glam of Sunset Boulevard, and even closer to the home base of the Guitar Center — the fiddle is alive and well. So is ...

LOWELL — Beth Eldridge’s favorite fiddle song is a crooked three-part in the key of A. And one of the only times she plays it with her husband Woody Pringle is at the Banjo & Fiddle Contest in Lowell.

LOWELL — Folding chairs clogged the halls of Lowell High School Saturday. The sound of string instruments bounced off blue lockers. Toes tapped. Knees bounced. Heads bobbed. Players of all ages and ...

When my longtime friend, Fiddlin’ Ted Fenstermacher, from Macungie, called me to play a banjo-fiddle gig with him, I readily agreed. There’s something about the sound of just an acoustic banjo and ...

Canadian banjo player Allison de Groot had been getting a lot of notice and gaining a lot of fans when she was part of the Winnipeg-based country-bluegrass-folk quartet Oh My Darling. But a move south ...

There's nothing more American than the banjo and fiddle, mostly because the twangy instruments were introduced by the people who made this country what it is: immigrants. Old-time fiddle tunes, ...

DOSWELL, Va. (AP) — The State Fair of Virginia is seeking banjo players and fiddlers for a contest. The fair’s open and youth fiddle and banjo contests will be held on Oct. 4 in the Triple Crown ...

The 2014 State Fair of Virginia, dedicated to showcasing the best of Virginia, is seeking the state’s best banjo players and fiddlers to compete on Oct. 4 during this year’s fair. Registration will ...

Kenny Kosek has announced the highly anticipated follow-up to his 1997 solo record, Angelwood, by divulging details and sharing notes regarding the Sept. 6 release of Twisted Sage. The forthcoming ...

FLOYD -– It is Friday evening, and music fills the air. Catty-corner from the courthouse, a few steps down from the county’s only traffic light, people converge on an old country store. A woman lugs ...