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.

For better or worse, Earl Scruggs will be remembered by most Americans for his banjo picking alongside partner Lester Flatt in a dated 1960s cultural artifact: "The Beverly Hillbillies." For better, ...

"Subtle" is not a word often used to describe the five-string banjo. When most people think of the instrument, they're apt to conjure up Flatt and Scruggs' epic, Foggy Mountain Breakdown, or the ...

Three musicians are creating a digital map about the history of clawhammer banjo players of Southwest Virginia.

Jonas Friddle grew up listening to classic rock, Creedence Clearwater Revival, for example. He also heard a lot of folk musicians, including John Prine and Doc Watson, while growing up in the North ...