Between them, members of bluegrass supergroup the Wood Box Heroes have twice as many years of experience as awards they've won. But when considering that they have a combined 100 years of expertise on ...

It may be impossible to overstate the importance of bluegrass legend Earl Scruggs to American music. A pioneering banjo player who helped create modern country music, his sound is instantly ...

When he was three years old, Jerry Douglas heard the groundbreaking banjo licks of Earl Scruggs on the turntable each morning during breakfast at his childhood home in northeastern Ohio. “And we’d ...

Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. "Isn't that a happy sound?" Steve Martin once said of the banjo's voice. "You just can't sing a ...

No player in the history of the banjo has done more to free the instrument from the confines of bluegrass than New York native Béla Fleck. His innovative playing has melded the banjo with pop, ...

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, went ...