Just before we kicked off the Red Carpet interviews last Thursday at World of Bluegrass, Steve Martin stopped by with Mark Johnson, the 2012 recipient of the Steve Martin Prize for Excellence in Banjo and Bluegrass Music.
This new annual prize is now in its third year of recognizing outstanding banjo players, and comes with a $50,000 cash award. Prior winners were Noam Pikelny and Sammy Shelor.
As Martin explains in the video, he and his wife created the prize to bring attention to banjo artists worthy of wider attention.
