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banjo
noun
ban·jo
ˈban-(ˌ)jō 
plural banjos also banjoes
: a musical instrument with a drumlike body, a fretted neck, and usually four or five strings which may be plucked or strummed
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The Nashville mainstays recorded Punching the Clown with Ryan Olson on production and Justin Vernon moonlighting on the banjo throughout.
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Jazz Monroe, Pitchfork, 6 May 2026
Vernon also contributes banjo, while a six-part choir threads throughout the album.
—Spin Staff, SPIN, 6 May 2026
This feels like a banjo moment.
—Jason Maxey, Rolling Stone, 2 May 2026
There are guys in Jubilee who play mandolin, piano, banjo, and ukulele, and one of the other men’s houses, Bonaventure, has a folk band in the mold of the Hillbilly Thomists, a Catholic cult favorite.
—Emma Green, New Yorker, 17 Apr. 2026
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Jazz Monroe, Pitchfork, 6 May 2026
Vernon also contributes banjo, while a six-part choir threads throughout the album.
—Spin Staff, SPIN, 6 May 2026
This feels like a banjo moment.
—Jason Maxey, Rolling Stone, 2 May 2026
There are guys in Jubilee who play mandolin, piano, banjo, and ukulele, and one of the other men’s houses, Bonaventure, has a folk band in the mold of the Hillbilly Thomists, a Catholic cult favorite.
—Emma Green, New Yorker, 17 Apr. 2026
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“Banjo.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/banjo. Accessed 12 May. 2026.
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