Legendary comedian & actor Steve Martin, also known as a master banjo musician, discusses latest album “Safe, Sensible and Sane,” written with famed folk instrumentalist Alison Brown.

After 50 years of strumming, he and his band won bluegrass' top award. Oct. 7, 2011 — -- From the early days as a "Saturday Night Live" guest host to his film career, Steve Martin's life has been ...

If you get comedian Steve Martin talking about his banjo, expect to stay awhile. No, he will tell you, he doesn't have a collection of the instruments. But you'll see him pull several out during his ...

Bluegrass has always been a music by and for the masses. One of the pioneers of the feel-good fast-pickin’ genre in the 1940s ...

That may not be an immediate rib-tickler for everyone, but it counts as one for anyone who has followed Giddens just enough to know that reclaiming the banjo as a Black instrument has been a mission ...

Of course, an official Juneteenth event would probably not have included Steve Martin, although Giddens made her position clear that everybody should be able to make a claim on the banjo now, however ...