Rob Bishline crafts banjos in a long white shop on the corner of 10th Street. Plenty of downtown traffic eases by each day — like folks dropping off their laundry next door or grabbing a pizza over at ...

Ken Perlman was one of those musicians who had a habit of bringing his instrument wherever he went. In his case, it was his trusty banjo. He took it on many car rides around the city or ferry trips to ...

The history of the instrumental bluegrass song “Dueling Banjos” has a tempestuous story thanks to the fact that the original songwriter is often not gifted credit for the song’s birth. That being said ...