In their heyday, washboards were instruments of laundry day drudgery. Today they're more likely to be instruments of good clean fun, as Conor Knighton now tells us: For serious players of the ...

Derived from West African hamboning and popularized in the U.S. through 20th-century jug bands, the washboard has been used as a makeshift percussion instrument for more than 100 years. By adding ...

Sonoma County has always attracted and produced musicians. Some of them are well known internationally. Others have more limited fan bases existing mainly within the Bay Area, throughout the West ...

Two years ago, O Brother Where Art Thou, a quirky movie loosely based on Homer's Odyssey and filled with Appalachian mountain music, created a mild stir at the box office. But its Grammy Award-winning ...

Playing for Change was created in 2005 to spread a message of peace through music, particularly by street musicians from around the globe. It's perhaps best known for the video for "Stand by Me." ...

Barry Kinder was more likely to be a performer at one of Grove East Provisions' (3101 Arsenal Street; 314-802-7090) music nights rather than its owner. An accomplished drummer, Kinder spent several ...

LOGAN — The last washboard manufacturer in the United States has proven as tenacious as ring-around-the-collar. The Columbus Washboard Co. probably shouldn’t have made it into the 21st century. The ...

GUILFORD >> The holiday weekend will wrap up with an evening of Parisian-style hot jazz music Sunday. “CT Washboard” will feature Stephane Seva, premier washboard player of the internationally known ...

MIDDLETOWN — The Buttonwood Tree will be welcoming two bands concerts beginning next week, as Washboard Slim & the Bluelights and the Tempest band perform at the venue beginning next week. After 40 ...

It was another fun and exciting day at the Indiana State Fair as Randy learned to play the washboard at Pioneer Village and Amber visited the Dairy Bar to see how they make grilled cheese sandwiches ...