The classic rock checklist includes buzzy guitars, big booming bass, elaborate drums, twinkling keys, and a lead singer that can shock and compel. But banjo? Well, that’s a rarity. Nevertheless ...

The music just jumped out at me either because I liked it or it would work well with the banjo,'' Fleck says. Bach was such a fundamental trendsetter for classical music. I'm not an expert but ...

While Marin County musician's long career has roamed competently through a multitude of genres including bluegrass, Indian music and film composing, it's his original classic banjo music that ...

A banjo player named for three classical composers, Béla Anton Leos Fleck celebrates both bluegrass and classical sounds with his original music, to be performed in the New Orleans area from Jan.

1.” Bullard and I connected recently to discuss his latest release and why the banjo is a better fit for classical music than you might expect. This interview has been edited for clarity and length.

For me, it's been - I guess it's been a sort of a chicken or egg situation because I first got - started playing banjo when I was in college. I was studying classical music. And I heard Rhiannon ...

While they can comes in a myriad of sizes with four, five or six string, the five-string banjo is the most common. It's found in all kinds of music, from bluegrass to jazz, sometimes as a rhythm ...

The talented trio Foggy Mountain Spaceship played a beautifully hypnotic cover of the classic Pink Floyd psychedelic ... a traditional 5-string electric banjo, their new BS-1 BanjoSynth instrument ...

DIVERSITY star Jordan Banjo has swapped dancing for producing music - by turning ice cream van jingles into nightclub hits. The Britain’s Got Talent winner spent three months remixing classic Mr ...