The loss in Aug. 2007 of the famed transplanted NH resident, Irish singer/songwriter and national folk hero of the Emerald Isle at 74, Tommy Makem, alerted me recently to a news photo of Tommy with ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. William Boucher was a drum maker and ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. This banjo was made by an unknown ...

LOWELL — Some things never change — at least when it comes to the annual Banjo and Fiddle Contests the Saturday after Labor Day on the lush lawn and vine-entwined stage of Boarding House Park. It has ...

As Folk Day at The Proms draws near, I am thinking about my father... In October, I'll be playing at Musicport at its new venue at The Spa Theatre in Bridlington. I have a number of programmes and ...

LIVERMORE — Jim Bottorff settles into a chair in his living room and a pack of his fellow four-string banjo aficionados pile in with him. Some, like John Green, travel from as far away as Fiddletown, ...