When Stuart Duncan decided to get serious about music, he wanted an instrument that would provide ample sonic sustain – unlike his father’s banjo or the acoustic guitar his mother strummed. Duncan had ...

PITTSFIELD -- A bluegrass band is coming to The Colonial soon, but it's not the type of band you might see at Mass MoCA's Fresh Grass. Although banjo specialist Noam Pikelny played at Fresh Grass last ...

“I’ll admit we did have a few problems with the law, but since they legalized a few things in Tennessee, the Soggy Bottom Boys are back in business” exclaimed Stuart Duncan, fiddler and founding ...

Stuart Duncan and Noam Pikelny describe their music as "genre-proof," which is a lot easier to say than "innovative bluegrass/old-time/blues/folk/swing/jazz ...

For the first time in nearly a decade, four string virtuosos — Yo-Yo Ma on cello, Stuart Duncan on fiddle, Edgar Meyer on bass, and Chris Thile on mandolin — are coming back together for the ...