According to science and research, the banjo is one of the happiest-sounding instruments ever, but does it outperform the ukulele?

George Formby's banjo ukulele has an 8in maple rim and flange resonator, 16 tension hooks, and 15 frets with mother-of-pearl dot position markers A banjo ukulele owned by popular 1930s and 40s ...

Auctioneer Charles Hanson said applause echoed around the room as the banjolele was sold A banjo ukulele formerly owned by popular 1930s and 40s entertainer George Formby has been sold at auction ...

The Kamaka family has been creating ukuleles for generations ... From the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains, Stelling Banjo makes the instruments that “evoke the sound of America ...

Just miles from the snow-glistening Rockies — the mountains often revered in the tunes of folk and bluegrass — twanging ...