Bluegrass aficionados recognize the pivotal role of banjo instrumentation in crafting its vibrant sound. While instruments like fiddles, upright basses, guitars, and mandolins contribute significantly ...

After brain surgery, tremor-stricken banjo legend is picking again. Oct. 3, 2008 — -- Eddie Adcock's fast picking and unconventional style made him world famous as a bluegrass banjo innovator.

BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - On the occasional Friday nights, you can hear the finger-picking of a banjo, strumming of guitars and the sound of the fiddle. The lyrics are sung in tight harmonies. The ...

Bluegrass has always been a music by and for the masses. One of the pioneers of the feel-good fast-pickin’ genre in the 1940s, Bill Monroe, is credited with saying “Bluegrass has brought more people ...