Banjo, guitar and tuba player. He was graduated in 1976 from the Universitá degli Studi of Milano and he has worked for more than twenty years with several companies as AFC manager. His first steps in ...

The New Orleans banjo maestro goes back to his roots An easy-going singer, virtuoso of the banjo and larger-than-life character, Don Vappie is as New Orleans as they come. His mixed-race Creole ...

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Let’s see: trumpet, tenor sax, banjo, and tuba? Tunes that smash modern jazz, klezmer, Celtic, bluegrass, and New Orleans styles together with cracked abandon? On paper, Banjo Hockey sounds like a ...

Chicago banjo whiz Michael J. Miles has launched some strange, ambitious ventures through the years. He has penned a “Yellowbird Concerto” for banjo and orchestra, transformed music of blues pioneer ...

Ryan Cavanaugh plays banjo as part of Bill Evans’ Soulgrass touring band. Bringing together jazz and bluegrass, and recommended to Evans by both John McLaughlin and Béla Fleck, Cavanaugh funnels ...

The banjo is having a moment, and if Bill Evans has his way, the plucky instrument will one day be back at the center of American music. A tireless banjo champion for more than three decades as a ...

Béla Fleck turns 68 today. The Grammy-winning virtuoso, called 'The World's Best Banjoist,' has spent decades pushing the banjo far beyond bluegrass.

A former investment banker with a Harvard MBA, Alison Brown is not your average jazz and bluegrass player, writes SIOBHÁN LONG… A former investment banker with a Harvard MBA, Alison Brown is not your ...