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 accomplished banjo virtuoso is joined by the Only Murders in the Building actor on the collaboration, featured on her upcoming album On Banjo Grammy-winning musician Alison Brown has never ...

Alison Brown and her banjo have come a long way since her Stamford upbringing. The instrument has taken the 61-year-old on many journeys — through the professional bluegrass scene, through the ...

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 ...

When discussions come up about the greatest banjo players, one name that must be mentioned is Alison Brown. Not only has she won awards for playing the instrument, she has been a driving force for ...

On Friday, August 9, banjo player and composer Alison Brown will play the Towne Crier Café in Beacon, New York. The concert is, in part, a celebration of the release of Brown’s Grammy nominated 1990 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Is there anything Steve Martin can’t do? The comedian-actor-playwright-banjo player has earned his seventh No. 1 on the bluegrass albums chart in the U.S. with Safe, Sensible and Sane, his ...

The accomplished banjo virtuoso is joined by the Only Murders in the Building actor on the collaboration, featured on her upcoming album On Banjo Tricia Despres is a writer for PEOPLE digital, ...