Hooks & Nuts

Among the major-league talent emerging from the folk music boom of the late '50s were the Country Gentlemen, a D.C.-based quartet that introduced bluegrass to...

Raised in Wyomissing, Pennsylvania, Swift moved toNashville, Tennessee at the age of fourteen to pursue a career in country music. She signed to the...

Scott Avett. Player of the Deering Sierra, Black Diamond, Tenbrooks Legacy and Vega Senator banjos, is one of the lead singers and founding members of the...

For all of you who don’t own a Deering, Vega, or Goodtime banjo, we have a special message. For those of you who do or are thinking about buying one of our...

Attending the Black Prairie concert in March 2013 at the historical McCabe’s Guitar Shop in Santa Monica, California, I had the pleasant opportunity to catch...

Bio: Winston Marshall is the banjo player for the band Mumford and Sons.

I recently wrote an article about strengthening your fretting hand’s pinky and ring finger. A common question that I have heard over the years is; “what good...

Meet Arthur Morgan. 90 years young, seen below playing his Goodtime Special. He took the banjo up for the first time 2 years ago and takes lessons at Ron’s...

The Issue

“In the jungle the mighty jungle the lion sleeps tonight”…but not if he has to hear a banjo playing! OK…just joking. But a banjo safari? You bet! Recently I...