It is said that Joel Walker Sweeney of Virginia may have created the "5-string" banjo by adding a fifth string (thumb string) with a peg mounted halfway up the neck of the banjo.

Best banjos: Our top picks The Recording King Elite Flying Eagle is a dream contemporary banjo, inspired by an icon of the past - the legendary Gibson Mastertone. It’s a powerfully voiced, handcrafted ...

Nickerson is the proprietor of The Banjo School, where he teaches the five-string version of the instrument to budding musicians. The 44-year-old Massachusetts native has played all over the ...

To achieve a classic Appalachian sound, a five-string instrument is the best banjo model. We review three top picks you can get online.

LOS ANGELES — Banjo master Bela Fleck has released more than 30 albums since 1978, but when asked to pick five album highlights for a Fleck playlist, the multiple Grammy Award winner happily ...

First acoustic analysis of American five-string puts some science into the tinkering.

Here's a blues power-up for your fingerstyle technique, as the big man combines chicken pickin' with snappy pops on the strings ...

Local banjo purveyor selects top 'picks' of 2021 By Cristina Kim / Racial Justice and Social Equity Reporter, Harrison Patiño / Producer, KPBS Midday Edition Published January 20, 2022 at 5:48 PM PST ...

This month, however, comes the exception that proves the rule: The North American International Banjo Committee is hosting its annual conclave in Dearborn this month.

You may know him as a comedian, actor and author, but Steve Martin is also a wild and crazy banjo player.