Bill Monroe didn’t invent bluegrass music, but he refined it and is the person most often referred to as the “Father of Bluegrass.” The classic instrumentation includes upright bass, banjo, fiddle, ...

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 ...

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.

UCSB Arts & Lectures will present banjo royalty Béla Fleck & Abigail Washburn at 8 p.m. Sun., Oct. 8 (note new date), at UCSB Campbell Hall. Fleck is a 15-time Grammy Award winner who has taken the ...