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: ...

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, ...

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 ...

What happens when the Free Library of Philadelphia announces it will begin lending out musical instruments? It immediately get lots of calls for people looking to unload instruments gathering dust in ...

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.

Bluegrass? Jazz? Acoustic fusion? Trio!, the superstar group with bassist Stanley Clarke, banjo man Bela Fleck and violinist Jean-Luc Ponty -- virtuosos all -- could fairly be described as… By ...