A number of instruments played by famous folk artists, along with those of less-known and unknown artists, are housed at the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History. National Museum of ...

Overall view of a fancy banjo, ca 1928. Made by Bacon & Day Co. of Groton, Connecticut for George Reams, a soloist, teacher and radio banjoist. It is a NePlus Ultra Model. From the collections of the ...

In the Mountain Strings, Celtic and American Ensembles, BYU students explore various types of music from around the world, from Ireland and Scotland to Russia and Macedonia.

At the same time that MacArthur was devoting her considerable energies to saving an instrument disappearing from the American musical landscape ... to the village, the folk songs are revelations ...

Most folk music includes singing and musical instruments. It is music created ... For example there's English folk music, Scottish folk music, American folk music, Russian folk music and so ...

The Trailside Jammers formed eight years ago when a handful of folk music enthusiasts decided to honor the North American ...

Multi-instrumentalist John McEuen, best known as a member of the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, is a key figure in the history of American folk music ... fell in love with the instrument together.