Tag: bluegrass

By MORDECAI SPECKTOR Musicologists say that the banjo had its origins in West Africa. A number of banjo-type instruments have ...

The Andy Statman Trio is joined by two acclaimed country artists — Michael Cleveland on fiddle and Tim O’Brien on ...

By MORDECAI SPECKTOR Andy Statman, a musician’s musician, who has played with everyone from Bob Dylan to Itzhak Perlman, returns ...

Bassist Jim Guttmann, a 30-year veteran of the Klezmer Conservatory Band, is the leader on a swinging new album, Bessarabian Breakdown ...