On this day (October 9) in 2023, legendary banjo player Buck Trent died at the age of 85. Before he passed away, Trent built a lasting legacy with his versatile musical talent and innovative thinking.

Pop superstar Beyoncé released "Texas Hold 'Em" a few weeks ago and it features an instrument that she had never emphasized before. This hit song, on her new (and hugely popular) Cowboy Carter album, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Buck Trent, 85, a well-regarded banjo player, steel guitarist (among many instruments) and groundbreaking entrepreneur -- whose ...

No cause of death was released, Variety reported. Roni Stoneman was born Veronica Loretta “Roni” Stoneman, according to Billboard. She was known as “The First Lady of Banjo,” according to a statement ...

I took a break from the late-night gigs and got a job at Werlein's music store. There were a couple of banjos hanging up with the guitars and it was my job to take care of them. As I was cleaning one ...

At an early age, Michael Miles came to understand the cultural baggage that came from being a banjo player — that it was a primitive instrument and not sophisticated enough for the so-called fine arts ...

(CBS News) - You don’t usually associate the sound of a banjo with a view of New York City, but with Steve Martin, it all seems to work. He played for “Sunday Morning” at his apartment last month, and ...

Earl Scruggs’ seminal 1949 instrumental “Foggy Mountain Breakdown” placed the banjo front and center in the bluegrass genre. Along with guitarist partner Lester Flatt, Scruggs recorded more than 50 ...

Traveling Ireland by bus. With a dozen banjo players. And jokes. What could be better? Gavin McNutt, Flynn Whitmnore, Matt Bergen and Enda Scahill played tunes at the Cliffs of Moher in Western ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Bluegrass banjo player and comedian Roni Stoneman warms up backstage for the lunch show of the Nashville Nightlife dinner theater ...