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 ...

How big is the cello banjo, anyway? AW: It’s a 16-inch head, isn’t it? BF: Yep. It’s significantly bigger than a bigger than a regular banjo, which is usually eleven inches, so it fills up your whole ...

The Asheville, N.C., band blends violin, guitars, drums, harmonium, cello, banjo, toy piano and (most importantly) vocal harmonies to make a... Note: NPR's First Listen audio comes down after the ...

It is rare that the head of any museum can capture the essence of a groundbreaking new exhibit and concert series with a deceptively simple joke — or that they would even try. Carolyn Grant, the ...

Please check your inbox for your confirmation. At an early age, Michael Miles came to understand the cultural baggage that came from being a banjo player — that it was a primitive instrument and not ...

Portland multi-instrumentalist Tony Furtado has spent more than a quarter-century following his muse in the Americana-roots music tradition. From an early obsession with banjo that began at age 12, ...