Tony Trischka is one of the most influential banjo players in roots and bluegrass music. The Grammy-nominated artist has been at the forefront of the instrument starting in the mid-1960s and has ...

Materials from Otis Taylor’s decades-long career as an internationally recognized Boulder-based blues banjo artist are now part of an archived collection at the University of Colorado Boulder. Taylor, ...

This Saturday, Chester-based guitarist/singer Chris Kleeman and his trio perform blues and funk. On Friday the 18th, banjo great Tony Trischka and his quartet visit. Kleeman is fairly well known south ...

In Part 2 of our conversation with legendary blues musician Otis Taylor, we dive deeper into his artistic journey, his distinctive trance blues style, and the historical and cultural significance of ...

Japanese guitarist Hiroya Tsukamoto started out as a banjo player in his home city of Kyoto, teaching himself to play by listening to the only bluegrass record he owned, Earl Scruggs’ “Foggy Mountain ...

Ma Rainey, born Gertrude Pridgett to a touring minstrel family, shaped blues in the early 20th century blending her ...

Since 1995, when his 15 years at The Houston Post ended with that paper’s demise, Steve Olafson has been the Houston Chronicle‘s man in Brazoria County. For a little more than a year, he has also been ...

CEDAR FALLS - A punk metal venue would be the last logical place for a blues banjo singer-songwriter performance. But it's the first choice for William Elliott Whitmore. "To me, that's where the fun ...

In this two-part special of The Cause: Conversations on Music, History, and Democracy, Dr. Reiland Rabaka sits down with renowned blues musician Otis Taylor for an intimate and dynamic conversation.