Steve Martin has played the banjo for nearly 60 years now. The instrument was a major part of his early stand-up comedy routines, and after he got more serious about it in the past two decades, his ...

Banjoists Alison Brown and Steve Martin have enlisted Vince Gill, the lead singer in Pure Prairie League, best known for their iconic soft rock stable, “Amie,” for their latest collaboration, “Wall ...

Steve Martin knows banjo playing and works hard to keep the tradition alive, establishing an annual award given to players who excel on the instrument. This year, the Steve Martin Banjo Prize ...

There’s an amazing video on Youtube, uploaded nearly ten years ago now. It has 6.5 million views and more than 2,400 comments, most of them expressing appreciation. It also has more than 27,000 likes ...

GREAT BARRINGTON — Banjoists Bela Fleck and Abigail Washburn have earned the right to make a statement. Following the husband-wife duo's Grammy award-winning, self-titled first album, Fleck and ...

Banjoists Béla Fleck and Abigail Washburn — who also happen to be married to each other and parents to adorable 2-year-old son, Juno — will take the stage at Goshen College on Tuesday evening. The duo ...

The banjo was one of the instruments that defined the sound of early jazz. Probably the best known player from that era was Johnny St Cyr, who featured prominently on recordings by Louis Armstrong and ...