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CONCORD — Call it ragtime, Dixieland jazz or riverboat music, members of the East Bay Banjo Club call it “happy” music and have been playing it for 50 years. Every Tuesday night, banjo amateurs and ...

A 10-part limited series from Wondrium has the celebrated performer exploring the little-recognized historical roots of the banjo... and its tangled journey as the quintessential American instrument ...

"My father was born with this instrument," Laemouahuma Daniel Jatta says. "This is part of our history." Jatta, 55, is from Gambia, a member of the Jola people. He's holding an akonting: a ...

After 50 years of strumming, he and his band won bluegrass' top award. Oct. 7, 2011 — -- From the early days as a "Saturday Night Live" guest host to his film career, Steve Martin's life has been ...