Sylva, North Carolina may have been the birthplace of Tony Ellis, but his music has guided him all over the world for a ...

Duos and special projects dominate our list of favorite traditional acoustic Americana in 2025. Of course I mean Amy Alvey and myself, hosts of The Old Fashioned on WMOT. Just as we love collaborating ...

New York Jets defensive tackle Jowon Briggs surprised his teammates earlier this season by singing a song during a special ...

When the NFL special teams rankings come out shortly after the regular season concludes, the Jets should find themselves in the top five again, as they had been multiple times in the previous 25 years ...

Phoebe Sanders' traditional “jig doll is named Gilligan, after the 1960s sitcom 'Gilligan’s Island' " Phoebe Sanders Phoebe Sanders has gone viral for her banjo performances featuring a custom-made ...

Banjo-Kazooie is now playable on PlayStation - at least, a fan-made version created in Dreams - and it's even caught the eye of Rare. Banjo-Kazooie: Mumbomania has been created by William Butkevicius, ...

Update [Fri 5th Dec 2025, 5am]: Dreams creator Eupholace’s absurdly good Banjo-Kazooie fan game went viral on social media this week, and has even attracted attention from series creator Rare. Writing ...

US banjo virtuoso Béla Fleck is to appear in concert in Estonia next year, nearly 30 years since he last played here. Fleck, an 18-time Grammy award winner, is to perform at the Alexela Concert Hall ...

The banjo was played by Rod Davis, who often handed it to John Lennon when they played together A banjo played by John Lennon has been unveiled alongside a mosaic featuring nearly 1,300 images of The ...

A banjo played by John Lennon has been unveiled alongside a mosaic featuring nearly 1,300 images of The Beatles star to mark what would have been his 85th birthday. Fans are expected from around the ...

Early American banjo music is Black music. The banjo was created by enslaved African Americans, and according to the Smithsonian Institute, up until the 1830s, the banjo was exclusively an African ...