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The loss in Aug. 2007 of the famed transplanted NH resident, Irish singer/songwriter and national folk hero of the Emerald Isle at 74, Tommy Makem, alerted me recently to a news photo of Tommy with ...

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This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. GUTHRIE, Okla. — A world-renowned banjo ...

The banjo, for years in the background, stepped out of the shadows in the steady hands of Earl Scruggs. Beyond his many recordings and appearances, the bluegrass music legend, who died Wednesday at 88 ...

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. – One musician in Springfield says give everything your best effort because you never know who could be watching. Alan Munde plays the banjo. Recently, he won the Steve Martin Banjo ...

We Banjo 3 have traced a soaring trajectory over the past decade, mining the rich histories and repertoire of their lead instrument, and with each album, excavating their own evolving identity with ...

Beyonce’s hit “Texas Hold ’Em” opens with a beat seldom heard on hip-hop tracks: the unmistakable clip-clop of a four-stringed clawhammer banjo. It comes via folk icon Rhiannon Giddens, who was ...

As we all know, Rare used to be a solid partner for Nintendo. During the N64 years, Nintendo held a significant stake in the UK firm, which created seminal games like Donkey Kong Country, GoldenEye ...

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