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 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 ...

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 ...

You scan the playlist — Schumann, Handel, Bach, and friends — and you wonder how this is possible. But no: John Bullard is serious, and although he plays the banjo, he does not view that as an ...

Classical banjo? Bela Fleck to perform works from Bach, Beethoven and Debussy at Sanders theaterBy Larry Katz / Boston Herald Thursday, January 31, 2002 Back when Steve Martin did stand-up, he'd play ...

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 ...

Classic Banjo, out August 6, features tracks by the best American banjo players over the past 60 years. Photo courtesy of Smithsonian Folkways Recordings The banjo conjures American musical icons: the ...

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 ...

What in the holy name of Earl Scruggs is a banjo doing in the middle of a 36-piece classical orchestra? The quick answer: trying to blend in - and not to blend in - at the same time On Sunday night, ...

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 ...