Béla Fleck is perhaps the most famous banjo player in the world. He's taken that instrument out of its folk and bluegrass traditions to play pretty much any kind of music: from jazz and pop to ...

SAN DIEGO — If your goal in life is to make the banjo cool again, winning a Grammy Award and teaming up with actor Steve Martin are two good ways to go. In this Zevely Zone, I went to La Jolla to ...

Mark Jones spent the entirety of his life playing the banjo on stages such as the Grand Ole Opry to the television show "Hee Haw," but it was in Arkansas that the Nashville native found a passion for ...

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. – One musician in Springfield says give everything your best effort because you never know who could be watching. Alan Munde plays the banjo. Recently, he won the Steve Martin Banjo ...

Fresh Air Weekend highlights some of the best interviews and reviews from past weeks, and new program elements specially paced for weekends. Our weekend show emphasizes interviews with writers, ...

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A Boulder musician is going viral after forming the unlikeliest bond between man and animal. “Oh, the comments are my favorite part, that…I’m the hillbilly Snow White.” Andy Thorn, a banjo player in ...

World War II Veteran John Halpin started playing the banjo when he was a young boy. He was inspired to learn how to play the instrument after watching his mother play the piano. “It’s happy music,” ...

People knew Mike Currao as the banjo player they could count on for a swift-fingered solo whenever Naples Jazzmasters or the Naples Dixieland Jazz Band took the stage. They knew him as the first to ...

Mark Jones spent the entirety of his life playing the banjo on stages such as the Grand Ole Opry to the television show "Hee Haw," but it was in Arkansas that the Nashville native found a passion for ...