In addition to being a professor of sociology and criminal justice at SUNY Plattsburgh, Steve Light is also a respected scholar of banjo-ology. Light has mastered his art exploring the musical outer ...

Pre-telecast: 1 p.m. Sunday, streams live on grammy.com Awards show: 8 p.m. Sunday, telecast on KFMB/Channel 8 Popping Off: George Varga will be blogging about ...

This summer marks the 40th anniversary of the screen adaptation of James Dickey’s Deliverance, as famous for its Grammy Award-winning instrumental song “Dueling Banjos” as its unsettling “bet you can ...

SAN FRANCISCO — The 49ers were trailing late in the fourth quarter en route to another frustrating loss at Monster Park. Fans were restless. Just then, 57-year-old Stacy Samuels of Fairfax walked down ...

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 ...

When you consider the banjo, you'd be forgiven for assuming that its just the guitar's twangier, countrier cousin. However, the instrument has recently shaken off its southern porch-front roots - you ...