Forty-five years ago, Atlanta native James Dickey published "Deliverance," the acclaimed novel that was made into the 1972 Southern gothic film. The movie, which chronicles an ill-fated canoe trip ...

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 ...

The Carolina Chocolate Drops reunited with friends at DPAC on the evening of Saturday, April 26, 2025. This past weekend, downtown Durham was taken over by the inaugural Biscuits & Banjos Festival, a ...

DURHAM, N.C. (WTVD) -- The first ever Biscuits and Banjos Festival is happening in Downtown Durham this weekend. Grammy and Pulitzer Prize winning musician Rhiannon Giddens is the driving force behind ...

If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. There is no way to achieve that old-fashioned Appalachian ...

The 'Dueling Banjos' (guitar & banjo) scene was NOT part of the original script in the movie, until the cameraman happened to catch it on film. NOTE: The family of the boy was well paid and beat ...

Bluegrass musician Eric Weissberg, whose cover of the Arthur “Guitar Boogie” Smith instrumental “Dueling Banjos” became an unlikely pop hit when it appeared on the soundtrack to the 1972 film ...

Recall the sound that set the salty, downhome tone for Beyoncé's history-making single "Texas Hold 'Em." The first notes you hear on the first track by a Black woman to top Billboard's Hot Country ...

Arthur Smith, a multi-instrumentalist whose song "Feudin' Banjos" later became known as the popular "Dueling Banjos," has died. He was 93. By Kevin Rutherford Arthur Smith, a multi-instrumentalist ...

Tomatoes Tried to Kill Me But Banjos Saved My Life is one of nine performances included in Fringe Fort Myers 2024, on stage at multiple venues May 30th through June 2nd. Banjos features “recovering ...