Please check your inbox for your confirmation. At an early age, Michael Miles came to understand the cultural baggage that came from being a banjo player — that it was a primitive instrument and not ...

CHICAGO — Separated by centuries but tied together by music, Johann Sebastian Bach and Michael Miles have had a demanding if fruitful relationship that continues to thrive, giving us a spectacular new ...

Bach and the banjo may sound like strange bedfellows, but banjo virtuoso Michael Miles, who is playing Friday at the Two Way Street Coffee House in Downers Grove, makes a convincing case for bringing ...

Classical banjo? Bela Fleck to perform works from Bach, Beethoven and Debussy at Sanders theaterBy Larry Katz / Boston Herald Thursday, January 31, 2002 Back when Steve Martin did stand-up, he'd play ...

The banjo isn’t exactly the first instrument that comes to mind when you think of the classical concert hall, but Virginia native John Bullard has blended his background in bluegrass and Bach to bring ...

You scan the playlist — Schumann, Handel, Bach, and friends — and you wonder how this is possible. But no: John Bullard is serious, and although he plays the banjo, he does not view that as an ...

Bach’s Prelude No. 24 is a big jump from “The Beverly Hillbillies,” but you might be surprised at how Bela Fleck got there. “They’re like two different sports,” says Bela Fleck ,who was inspired to ...