The new single ticks all the boxes for a bluegrass favorite, including a flashy twin banjo solo from Brown and Martin, lyrics that reflect Martin's wry sense of humor and top-flight performances from ...

Steve Martin, a renowned comedian, is also a celebrated bluegrass musician with six consecutive No. 1 albums. Martin is set to release a new album in 2025 with banjo player Alison Brown, featuring ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Banjoists Alison Brown and Steve Martin’s first collaborative album, Safe, Sensible and Sane, comes out today on Brown’s Compass ...

Steve Martin isn’t just an IBMA nominee — he’s also the host. The comedian and banjo player will co-host the 2025 International Bluegrass Music Association Awards with fellow picker Alison Brown. “I’m ...

Banjo duo Alison Brown and Steve Martin have tapped mandolin master and vocalist Tim O’Brien for their latest single and nod to the road, “5 Days Out, 2 Days Back. ” The new song is a feature from the ...

Actor, comedian and banjoist Steve Martin will team with banjoist and music industry executive Alison Brown to cohost the 2025 IBMA Bluegrass Music Awards presented by Get It Played. The awards show ...

SAN DIEGO — If your goal in life is to make the banjo cool again, winning a Grammy Award and teaming up with actor Steve Martin are two good ways to go. In this Zevely Zone, I went to La Jolla to ...

The International Bluegrass Music Association has announced the hosts for its 2025 IBMA Bluegrass Music Awards. For the 36th annual presentation of the esteemed ceremony, the organization will welcome ...

NORTH ADAMS — FreshGrass, the annual three-day festival of bluegrass and roots music, returns to Mass MoCA Sept. 19-21 with a lineup featuring Alison Brown, Greensky Bluegrass, Cimafunk, Lee Fields, ...

When it comes to the banjo, Alison Brown transcends the instrument. While the banjo is most associated with bluegrass and roots music, Brown is progressive, and taking the banjo in new directions.

Alison Brown Quintet will perform as part of the Deep Roots, Many Voices: Summer Outdoor Concert Series on Saturday, Aug. 24, in the Blue Ridge Music Center’s outdoor amphitheater on the Blue Ridge ...

Alison Brown says she's hoping for May flowers when she plays in Bentonville on Saturday. "It was a bit of a mud fest last year," she says of the FreshGrass Festival in Bentonville. Brown has been a ...