The banjo is typically reserved for folksy country songs, but the instrument can be pretty versatile (even if it still totally sounds like it should be on a folk song). These 11 bands channeled their ...

On Saturday, March 18, Maple Street Concerts welcomes Jonas Friddle and Andrew Wilkins in their debut performance as part of its concert series. The concert takes place at 7:30 p.m. at the historic ...

Banjo player Bela Fleck and bassist Edgar Myer are two important current figures in American music. They got together in the NPR studios to play some of the banjo and bass music they take out on tour.

When Ludwig van Beethoven sat down in 1803 to write his “Triple Concerto,” he did it the old-fashioned way, working alone and featuring three traditional classical instruments in the solo roles: ...

Job classifications in rock ‘n’ roll can be so limiting. Frontman. Guitarist. Bassman. Drummer. Maybe a keys player or a percussionist. And while it’s great that cellos and accordions and such are ...