Banjo

Exhibiting a darker, Americana sound, 'Snakes in the Grass' is the fourth single from Wellington-based singer-songwriter Jenny Mitchell's forthcoming album, Tug of War. Mitchell joins the show to… Audio

Tony Trischka takes his banjo and a band of friends to create an ambitious song cycle set in America's Civil War. William Dart looks at Shall We Hope - a fascinating project that, not surprisingly… Audio

Multi-instrumentalists, partners, collaborators and music historians  Rhiannon Giddens and Francesco Turrisi join Kathryn Ryan to discuss the (sometimes fraught) musical connections between race… Audio

Catherine 'BB' Bowness is a ground-breaking Kiwi banjo player who has made her home in Boston, Massachusetts. She's currently touring through the US and will be heading home to New Zealand for a… Audio

Now, would you expect to hear the strains of a banjo in Irish folk music? Angela Usher thinks so!  Audio

Jesse gets a lesson from Wellington's best banjo teacher Audio

Jerron 'Blind Boy' Paxton plays songs live and talks about the historic roots of his modern-day music with Nick Bollinger. Video, Audio

English banjo player and songwriter Dan Walsh is currently touring NZ: he’s playing 21 small venues across the county, so William Dart thought this week’s New Horizons just had to be... Banjo week. Video, Audio

New Zealand musician, composer and producer David Long’s new album is abstract, haunting and beautiful. He collaborated on Utterance with taonga puoro player Richard Nunns and harpist Natalia Mann… Audio

Fiddle, guitar, mandolin, banjo, and close harmonies are the ingredients going into The All Day Breakfast Stringband. The Montreal-based band are in New Zealand doing an extensive tour, and hoping to… Audio

Willie Watson performs In Session. Audio