They’ll be offering free music lessons on the fiddle, banjo, piano, ukulele and more.

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ANCHOR INTRO: The Museum of Making Music in Carlsbad says its ultimate purpose is to make the world more musical. KPBS arts reporter Beth Accomando says you can get your hands on an electric banjo and ...

The banjo is typically reserved for folksy country songs, but the instrument can be pretty versatile (even if it still totally sounds like it should be on a folk song). These 11 bands channeled their ...

The composer for Banjo-Kazooie, Grant Kirkhope, decided to play one of his classic tunes in order to promote Yooka-Laylee…and he did it on a kazoo and a ukulele. Very clever. Kirkhope is doing his ...

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 ...

Native to Africa and popularized in America, the banjo has gone through major transformation and evolution, and its history of becoming a mainstream music instrument is quite fascinating.