Chris Hirsch had never really enjoyed school. He had started college, and he was making commendable grades. He just didn't like it. After five semesters at St. Edward's University in Austin and then ...

Steve Martin's Tuesday night concert at Carnegie Hall was billed as "An Evening of Banjo and Bluegrass." But he couldn't resist adding some comedy to the mix, sprinkling some novelty songs into his ...

Noam Pikelny won’t be far from home when the renowned banjo maestro — a founding member of the Grammy Award-winning acoustic quintet Punch Brothers who now calls the town of Danby his home — brings ...

What constitutes bluegrass music? Does it need to be all acoustic? Can it ever be electric? Does it always include a banjo, a mandolin, a dobro and fiddles? If it ventures into jam band territory, is ...

ALTON — Fiddlin’ Banjo Billy Mathews has been playing music since he was 8 years old when he started piano lessons. Around the age of 13, he added the guitar, and then picked up the banjo during his ...

Swinging Bridge: 6 to 9 p.m. Tuesdays at Ricaltinis Resturant, 1997 Kentucky Ave., Englewood; 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. Thursdays at Ragin Cajun, 4104 El Jobean Road, Port Charlotte; Fourth Friday of the ...