In December 2010, a mysterious banjo tune popped up on a website devoted to early recordings. Even by that definition, this song stood out. It dated back to when Grover Cleveland occupied the White ...

In December 2010, a mysterious banjo tune popped up on a website devoted to early recordings. Even by that definition, this song stood out. It dated back to when Grover Cleveland occupied the White ...

Classic Banjo, out August 6, features tracks by the best American banjo players over the past 60 years. Photo courtesy of Smithsonian Folkways Recordings The banjo conjures American musical icons: the ...

Program and biographical notes by Charlie Faurot on container. "Old time banjo and fiddle tunes"; featuring Wade Ward, Fred Cockerham, George Stoneman and Kyle Creed, with instrumental ensemble.

Bela Fleck and Abigail Washburn pool their skills in duo Husband and wife Bela Fleck and Abigail Washburn are both banjo-music greats in their own right. Fleck is the innovator, experimenter, the rock ...

Happy 70th birthday to Steve Martin! Among his many talents, Steve is a virtuoso banjo player. He's just been named to receive the Distinguished Achievement Award from the International Bluegrass ...

Steve Martin, movie star, hasn’t had a film credit for two years and has no feature projects on the horizon. A celebrated author, Martin’s last book was the critically acclaimed 2010 novel “An Object ...

ALTON — Fiddlin’ Banjo Billy Mathews has been playing music since he was 8 years old when he started piano lessons. Around the age of 13, he added the guitar, and then picked up the banjo during his ...

Béla Fleck and Abigail Washburn are partners on stage and off -- husband and wife, entwined in life's ultimate duet. "There's just all these ways we know each other," said Washburn. "In the music we ...