ST. LOUIS -- It's not a common sight -- or sound. In the basement of Grantwood Village Hall in South County, eight earnest youngsters, each holding a four-stringed banjo, sat as silent as stones. (No ...

Buddy Griffin is waiting for the youth banjo band he directs to get the attention he feels it deserves. "When you say banjo, people think you don't have teeth," said Griffin, associate pastor of ...

Pushing boundaries is nothing new to Chris Pandolfi: as a student a Berklee, he was the first banjo principal at the renowned music school and he continues to play banjo in the Infamous Stringdusters, ...

1. Decorate your toilet paper roll, then tear a piece off a piece of paper big enough to cover the end. Secure the paper towel with a rubber band. 2. Pour some rice or dry beans into the roll. You ...

The "happy music" was contagious last Friday, causing folks at Sunrise Senior Living to smile and tap their feet. The Arizona Banjo Blasters performed tunes from the 1920s in an hour-long set at the ...

HOUSTON – It all started with a passion for music and a desire to be a positive influence in the lives’ of children. Buddy Griffin founded the All Stars youth banjo band back in 1997, with just 14 ...

When asked the location of the single largest producer of banjos in the United States, one might be tempted to guess Tennessee or Kentucky. The correct answer, though, is here in Spring Valley.

We Banjo 3 vocalist and guitarist David Howley spoke with OnMilwaukee about the band's amazing journey and its affection for the city that launched its popularity in America. David Howley, 29, carries ...

In the 1970s, not a weekend went by at The Princeton in Avalon when the nightlife buzz wasn't regarding local rock stars, Egdon Heath, or local folk-ragtime hero, Franny Green. More than 40 years have ...

LA CROSSE (WKBT) — The 17th annual La Crosse Irishfest is on its way. We Banjo 3 — a band from Galway, Ireland — is one of many groups performing at the festival. The group has toured the United ...

When Enda Scahill and Fergal Scahill and Martin Howley and David Howley, two sets of brothers from Galway, Ireland, first heard the music of Johnny Cash and other influential classic American ...