On May 22, an all-star crew of Americana, bluegrass and country stars joined forces at the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum to elevate the legacy of bluegrass icon Earl Scruggs. Country Music ...

Roni Stoneman, banjo player and beloved "Hee Haw" star has died at the age of 85. Born in 1938 to Ernest V. "Pop" and Hattie Stoneman, Roni was the second-youngest of her father's 23 children. She ...

Before stars like Reba McEntire, Dolly Parton, and Shania Twain took over country music, there were artists like Roni Stoneman. Sharing her love for both country music and comedy, the star quickly ...

Amythyst Kiah is a powerhouse folk singer. Her raspy but commanding voice is one you cannot miss when she strums her guitar or banjo. The series invites viewers into the perspective of everyday people ...

Beyonce’s hit “Texas Hold ’Em” opens with a beat seldom heard on hip-hop tracks: the unmistakable clip-clop of a four-stringed clawhammer banjo. It comes via folk icon Rhiannon Giddens, who was ...

Early American banjo music is Black music. The banjo was created by enslaved African Americans, and according to the Smithsonian Institute, up until the 1830s, the banjo was exclusively an African ...

Roni Stoneman, a country musician who was known as “first lady of the banjo,” and was seen by millions as a familiar face on television’s “Hee Haw,” has died. She was 85. No cause of death was given. ...

Born in 1938 to Ernest V. "Pop" and Hattie Stoneman, Roni was the second-youngest of her father's 23 children. She played banjo in the Stoneman family band, one of country music's earliest family ...

Walden S. Fabry Collection, courtesy of the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum Roni Stoneman, a country musician who was known as “first lady of the banjo,” and was seen by millions as a familiar ...