How Steve Martin & Alison Brown Accidentally Made a Star-Studded, Eclectic Bluegrass Album: ‘It Was Incredibly Organic'

The Grammy-winning banjoists welcome fellow artists including Vince Gill, Indigo Girls, Jackson Browne and more on the new project.
San Diego Union-Tribune

Alison Brown, banjo star and MBA-holder, is on tour to promote her new album featuring Steve Martin, Kronos Quartet

Grammy Award-winner Alison Brown’s status as the world’s most unlikely banjo star is as undeniable as her command of the steel-stringed instrument long synonymous with her name. Her star-studded new ...
Tennessean

Steve Martin, Alison Brown continue bluegrass collab with '5 Days Out, 2 Days Back'

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 ...
USA Today

Steve Martin, Alison Brown talk seriously fun new music: 'Bitterness is not justifiable'

Steve Martin is eating a “fabulous smoked salmon” sandwich, an ordinary activity that he somehow makes amusing by his sheer delight in scarfing it down. His current collaborator, renowned banjoist ...
Jambands

Listen: Banjoists Alison Brown and Steve Martin Recruit Vince Gill for “Wall Guitar (Since You Said Goodbye)”

Banjoists Alison Brown and Steve Martin have enlisted Vince Gill, the lead singer in Pure Prairie League, best known for their iconic soft rock stable, “Amie,” for their latest collaboration, “Wall ...
Berkshire Eagle

Greensky Bluegrass, Cimafunk, Sierra Hull, Alison Brown among FreshGrass lineup at Mass MoCA

NORTH ADAMS — FreshGrass, the annual three-day festival of bluegrass and roots music, returns to Mass MoCA Sept. 19-21 with a lineup featuring Alison Brown, Greensky Bluegrass, Cimafunk, Lee Fields, ...