That’s what the book is about, me and my responses. Does it bother you that quite possibly the most famous banjo song in pop culture is “Dueling Banjos” from “Deliverance”? It doesn’t ...

Bluegrass pioneer Earl Scruggs was born 100 years ago this week, and the tributes to the banjo picker have been many. On Friday, Tony Trischka, himself a banjo disciple of Scruggs, released a ...

Banjo scholar and musician Dom Flemons performs at Swallow Hill in Denver and Boulder's Chautauqua Community House, Nov. 9-10.

Alongside Bill Monroe, for whom he began serving apprenticeship as a Bluegrass Boy in 1944, Scruggs’ pioneering three-finger banjo style, and subsequent career with Lester Flatt, guaranteed him ...

He began playing the banjo at age 17, after hearing live bluegrass ... John and his brother had tried to get tickets to see Earl Scruggs perform at the Grand Ole Opry. The show was sold out ...

By Catherine Hong The Coming of the ‘Messiah’: How Handel’s Masterpiece Was Born John Adams reviews “Every Valley,” Charles King’s new book about the artistic, social and political ...

Loren Long has illustrated books by Barack Obama, Madonna and Amanda Gorman. His No. 1 best seller, “The Yellow Bus,” took him in a different direction — one that required time, patience and ...

plus sessions and interviews with bluegrass legend Earl Scruggs. Dylan’s “Never Ending Tour” continues throughout early December, including a 10-night residency at New York’s Beacon Theatre.

The author of more than 40 novels, most of them about the American frontier, Murray (South of Eden) displays his intimate knowledge of the people and events that shaped the West in this unusual ...

Lila Pereira, a successful media executive, rises to the top of her career but has to reckon with her youngest daughter, Grace, resenting her for not being a PTA mom. Grace also dredges up the ...

William Earl is the Editor of Variety.com. William has held numerous roles at Variety's parent company PMC, most recently as the Director of Digital Development. Previously, he was the Digital ...

A serious moral issue--how to handle a guilty client--lies at the heart of Emerson's latest book about Seattle PI Thomas Black (after The Million-Dollar Tattoo), but its beat is drowned out by ...