Clear your thoughts of banjo-picking as happy music. Stop those toes from tapping. If you start humming the cheerful ripple of "Roll in My Sweet Baby's Arms," quit it. We're at the Corcoran Gallery of ...

After brain surgery, tremor-stricken banjo legend is picking again. Oct. 3, 2008 — -- Eddie Adcock's fast picking and unconventional style made him world famous as a bluegrass banjo innovator.

At the age of 16, just when he was becoming serious about playing music, Jayme Stone discovered what he thought of as “roots” music: “Everything from Pete Seeger to Earl Scruggs to Béla Fleck,” said ...

"I felt, in writing this piece, that there was an openness, or a kind of a renewed freshness, I had working with music materials, because I was working in a new form. It took out all the cobwebs in ...

A doctor at UNC Hospitals is determined to do away with cold, impersonal medicine and to make his patients feel special - even if it means bringing along his banjo. A doctor at UNC Hospitals is ...

When autumn arrives there is always plenty of picking going on at Frecon Farms in Boyertown. Pick-your-own activities for visitors who want to select fruit right from the tree are always offered at ...

Violinist Tessa Lark takes flight in Sky, a violin concerto written just for her by Michael Torke. Inspired by her Kentucky roots, Torke weaves a touch of Bluegrass into the classical form, ...

No player in the history of the banjo has done more to free the instrument from the confines of bluegrass than New York native Béla Fleck. His innovative playing has melded the banjo with pop, ...

If bluegrass quintet the Steep Canyon Rangers were booked at the New Orleans Jazz Fest on their own, they'd likely be on the intimate Sheraton New Orleans Fais Do-Do Stage. The Steep Canyon Rangers ...

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