Pop superstar Beyoncé released "Texas Hold 'Em" a few weeks ago and it features an instrument that she had never emphasized before. This hit song, on her new (and hugely popular) Cowboy Carter album, ...

On this day (October 9) in 2023, legendary banjo player Buck Trent died at the age of 85. Before he passed away, Trent built a lasting legacy with his versatile musical talent and innovative thinking.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Buck Trent, 85, a well-regarded banjo player, steel guitarist (among many instruments) and groundbreaking entrepreneur -- whose ...

Ireland – The conference room at the Old Ground Hotel was crowded with newly assembled musicians and traveling tourists - and 17-year-old musician Flynn Whitmore was a bit nervous. One of the most ...

(CBS News) - You don’t usually associate the sound of a banjo with a view of New York City, but with Steve Martin, it all seems to work. He played for “Sunday Morning” at his apartment last month, and ...

Béla Fleck, a 17-time Grammy award winner who has spent decades perfecting his skills on the banjo, is on a quest to make the banjo beloved. “If I had a mission statement,” Fleck said, “it would be to ...

Two-time Grammy winner Rhiannon Giddens said she learned the day after the Super Bowl that she has an instrumental track on one of Beyonce's new singles. Giddens said she recorded a few banjo tracks ...

Alison Brown and her banjo have come a long way since her Stamford upbringing. The instrument has taken the 61-year-old on many journeys — through the professional bluegrass scene, through the ...

I took a break from the late-night gigs and got a job at Werlein's music store. There were a couple of banjos hanging up with the guitars and it was my job to take care of them. As I was cleaning one ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Bluegrass banjo player and comedian Roni Stoneman warms up backstage for the lunch show of the Nashville Nightlife dinner theater ...