The banjo isn’t exactly the first instrument that comes to mind when you think of the classical concert hall, but Virginia native John Bullard has blended his background in bluegrass and Bach to bring ...

Tim Weed has heard all the banjo jokes -- the constant digs about the banjo in the movie Deliverance or the Beverly Hillbillies TV show. But a funny thing happens when Weed actually plays the ...

One of the sounds most synonymous with the South is the twang of a banjo—barely edged out by the thrum of cicadas or the honeyed cadence of the Southern drawl itself. But this distinctive instrument ...

It seems so appropriate for a man named Bela Anton Leos Fleck to put out a record of classical music. After all, his name pays tribute to composers Bartok, Dvorak and Janacek. But how does a banjo ...

Tim Weed is used to the funny looks he gets when he tells people he plays classical music on the five-string banjo. In particular, he remembers the reaction he got from a European media mogul when he ...

A banjo player named for three classical composers, Béla Anton Leos Fleck celebrates both bluegrass and classical sounds with his original music. Fleck will be the featured artist with the Louisiana ...

Area music lovers and aficionados of musical innovation, the upcoming offering by Smithfield’s Sundays at Four concert will be a string-driven thing. The John Bullard Quartet will perform at 4 p.m.

Marc Fields and his production team are inside historian and collector Jim Bollman's storied Arlington home. They know the drill by now. This time, Bollman sits patiently on a stool with his rare, pre ...

Two banjos and one orchestra? Bela Fleck brings his banjo concerto “The Imposter” to the Brevard Music Center June 28 for a night that will include a performance with wife Abigail Washburn and much ...

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. 8-10 ...