Of course, he explains it all with a joke. Actor/writer/comedian/dude-allergic-to-free-time Steve Martin has been embarking on a new, old pursuit of late: writing ...

Steve Martin's Tuesday night concert at Carnegie Hall was billed as "An Evening of Banjo and Bluegrass." But he couldn't resist adding some comedy to the mix, sprinkling some novelty songs into his ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Getty One of the sounds most synonymous with the South is the twang of a banjo—barely edged out by the thrum of cicadas or the ...

Earl Scruggs, the celebrated American bluegrass banjo player, is being remembered this Friday with a Google Doodle, during the month of what would have been his 95th birthday. Scruggs, who developed ...

There was nothing jokey about the way Scruggs attacked his "fancy five-string banjo," as Opry announcer George D. Hayes called it. In a performance broadcast to much of the country but unfortunately ...

Last Thursday, Earl Scruggs died. He was one of the musician’s most responsible for my development in learning about, and appreciating, different styles of music. For musicians, he basically invented ...