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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 ...

PENDLETON -- Vern Marr attaches a carved maple neck to the body of a clawhammer banjo he's building in his cluttered Pendleton studio. This rodeo town might be better known for custom saddle makers ...

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A Montreal musician's Halifax vacation has turned into a sad, fruitless search after her treasured banjo was stolen. Rachel Elliott is the latest musician to fall victim in a string of musical ...