Led by note-hopping extremists Mick Barr, Mary Halvorson and Weasel Walter, the lethal, yet improbable, overlap of jazz and metal is proving a brutal cross-genre fusion, ascending from the crud-filled ...

Two young banjo players take to the Wanganui stage on December 2 with an eclectic mix of tunes from jazz to Celtic to reggae and pop. Alex Borwick and Catherine "BB" Bowness are on a tour of the North ...

I took a break from the late-night gigs and got a job at Werlein's music store. There were a couple of banjos hanging up with the guitars and it was my job to take care of them. As I was cleaning one ...