As we’ve documented previously, people are going nuts making covers of Daft Punk’s inescapable “Get Lucky.” And now we can add a bonafide banjo cover to the this, thanks to a guy named Charles Butler.

A little bit of banjo punk-rock sensibility, a tendency toward infectious beats, impressive songwriting abilities and a rapidly growing, devoted fan base: Put it all into a Mason jar, shake it up a ...

Musically inclined and reared in Central Texas, Danny Barnes listened to his fill of bluegrass, country and blues. So in his restless 1970s youth, Barnes’ curiosity turned to — what else? — punk rock.

Three Swedish sisters playing together. You can see the queues forming. And quite right too. Baskery have been performing live music together for more than a decade. They describe their style as high ...

The banjo has country-music and bluegrass associations, but Danny Barnes is taking the instrument further: to jazz, punk and pop. His latest release is titled Pizza Box, and it features the banjo as ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... The banjo is rising. And you really shouldn’t be surprised. The banjo has never been content with the backwoods stereotypes placed upon it, and now the ...

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 ...