A wood-burning stove is simmering in Tom Cussen’s workshop as he works on a 1930s Gibson tenor banjo. “It was in rag order when it got here,” says Cussen, whose business, Clareen Banjos, has been ...

Over the years the banjo has been the butt of a lot of jokes and everyone is quick to make a Deliverance reference but when you get right down to it the banjo is fun to listen to. It's been said that ...

Banjos sometimes conjure images of the South. But in East County’s Casa de Oro community sits one of the biggest manufacturers of American-made banjos. The Deering Banjo Co. builds about 5,200 of the ...

HENRICO COUNTY, Va. (WRIC) — From his home workshop in Henrico County, Tyler Burke carefully crafts banjos. He makes the one-of-a-kind instruments by hand. Burke started by playing guitar then picked ...

EGGLESTON, Va. (AP) - At the end of a road that goes from asphalt to gravel to dirt, Greg Galbreath crafts Appalachia’s instrument. Inside a homey woodshop, he’s bringing the story of an owl and mouse ...

Banjo maker Jim Hartel shows us old banjos and plays the minstrel tune "Jim Along Josie." Banjo maker Jim Hartel shows us old banjos, derived from instruments made by African slaves, plays the ...