Roni Stoneman, a country musician who was known as “first lady of the banjo,” and was seen by millions as a familiar face on television’s “ Hee Haw,” has died. She was 85.

"You never know what's going to happen, that's for sure," says Fleck, who was first smitten by the banjo as a 5-year-old living in New York and hearing Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs's "Ballad of ...

Turns out that she’s a good banjo builder, too. That meant that Traynham had two first-time instrument makers in his shop, separated by 75 years in age.

A decade earlier, Stoneman became the regular banjo player for the Stonemans, a family band led by her father, Ernest V. “Pop” Stoneman, a first-generation country star who, with Jimmie ...

Roni Stoneman, banjo player and beloved "Hee Haw" star has died at the age of 85. Born in 1938 to Ernest V. "Pop" and Hattie Stoneman, Roni was the second-youngest of her father's 23 children. She ...

Fleck was gifted his first banjo by his grandfather when he was 15 years old. He had always wanted a banjo, he says, but “never would have had the nerve to get one.” On the train ride home, a stranger ...

She said, ‘Lord have mercy, honey, you don’t need to play the banjo!’” Instead, Scott taught her the new banjo style that was all the rage, the dynamic bluegrass style popularized by Earl Scruggs.

Arizona might seem like an unlikely spot for such a banjo scholar to emerge. But that’s where Flemons first became entranced by the instrument after borrowing one from a friend and playing along with ...

The folk singer and multi-instrumentalist, who lent her skills to Beyoncé’s forthcoming country music album, will perform at Strathmore on Monday, March 18.