Banjo prodigy Gabe Hirshfeld has passed away. The Berklee College of Music graduate, known for his co-founding of The Lonely ...
Spending an hour on the phone with Béla Fleck is akin to climbing aboard a bullet train. One minute, you’re surveying the duo concerts he regularly engages in with wife Abigail Washburn, the setting ...
A new CD presents previously unreleased recordings by Hobart Smith, a traditional musician from southwestern Virginia who could play just about any instrument. Stephen Wade, the producer and annotator ...
CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. The banjo in American music was traditionally associated with bluegrass and old-time until the early 1970s when Tony Trischka spearheaded a ...
Nathan McEuen is carrying on not one but two family traditions. His father, John McEuen, is a legendary folk-country banjo player, most notably with The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band. But his uncle, William ...
Banjo great Tony Trischka arrives on Friday, Jan. 18, with his trio. Trischka performed in Montpelier late in the 1990s as a solo artist. His technique and knowledge of the banjo are encyclopedic. In ...