Béla Fleck, the musician who brought the banjo from bluegrass to pop and back again, will perform at The Shedd on Monday, Nov. 20, on his As We Speak tour with Zakir Hussain on the tabla, Edgar Meyer ...

When Ludwig van Beethoven sat down in 1803 to write his “Triple Concerto,” he did it the old-fashioned way, working alone and featuring three traditional classical instruments in the solo roles: ...

On Saturday, March 18, Maple Street Concerts welcomes Jonas Friddle and Andrew Wilkins in their debut performance as part of its concert series. The concert takes place at 7:30 p.m. at the historic ...

After the standing ovation for Bela Fleck’s and Edgar Meyer’s performance of Paganini’s “Moto Perpetuo” Sunday evening at College of DuPage’s McAninch Arts Center, a woman in the front row called out ...

Mike Thurber knew he wanted to play the double bass from the first time he laid eyes on it. "It was 'Pick your Instrument Day' in sixth grade," he recalls. "I looked across the room and saw a big, ...

The classic rock checklist includes buzzy guitars, big booming bass, elaborate drums, twinking keys and a lead singer that can shock and compel. But banjo? Well, that's a rarity. Nevertheless, some of ...

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.

Anyone looking in the window of Mama Java’s Coffee House in Evanston on Tuesday night would have seen a string band on stage, and since the instruments were guitar, banjo and bass, the assumption ...

Tonight – May 21 – Mike Gordon will host a special demo of his banjo-bass, designed by beloved Phish guitarmaker Paul Languedoc. “Have you ever seen a banjo-bass ? Didn’t think so,” the bassist wrote ...

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 ...