SEQUIM — Jane Smith will demonstrate the use of pine needles as decorations for her gourd art at 1 p.m. Friday. The free demonstration will be at the Blue Whole Gallery, 129 W. Washington St., Sequim.

where visitors find themselves in a seemingly endless field of glowing yellow gourds covered in black polka dots. The installation explores Kusama’s signature themes of infinity, the sublime and ...

It’s not going to win many new listeners. On the other hand, it won’t make you want to grab the nearest banjo and impale it on an electric fence, which surely counts as its own kind of victory.

According to a myth, Ògún, thirsty and tired, came across some palm wine gourds as he passed through Irè. He stopped and lifted one of the gourds, hoping to quench his thirst. But the gourd was ...

When I think about my banjo playing, I think of the lineage I ... where I feel like I had to make a compromise in order for a greater good. This was one of those times.” ...

A master improviser on banjo, he understood the genre’s roots but was also in the forefront of the later “newgrass” movement. By Bill Friskics-Warren Eddie Adcock, a virtuoso banjo and ...

Rhiannon Giddens is a renowned banjo player and folk artist who played on Beyoncé's Cowboy Carter but has conflicting opinions about her experience. Despite her strong ties to Queen Bey, she felt ...