Noam Pikelny

From a small seed the Mighty Poplar grows. That's the name chosen for the latest modern bluegrass supergroup to emerge on the scene. Mighty Poplar consists of members from four of the top draws on the contemporary acoustic music scene. Banjoist

ArtistWorks, the multi-instrument, multi-genre video learning system for online instruction, has announced that they will be bringing banjo wizard Noam Pikelny onto their faculty in the spring of this year. From the time he hit the scene as a member of Leftover

Stuart Duncan and Noam Pikelny at ROMP 2014 - photo by Jenny Sevcick Fans of banjo and fiddle music will remember when Noam Pikelny and Stuart Duncan toured the US as a duo in 2014. These two masters of their instruments

Until recently, we have known Noam Pikelny as one of the crew. Whether he was knocking us out as part of his Punch Brothers posse, sending us reeling with Leftover Salmon, or throwing it down with fellow young bluegrass all-stars,

Noam Pikelny's new solo album, Universal Favorite, has generated a lot of attention in the mainstream music media since its release last month. Some of this is surely due to his prominence as a member of Punch Brothers with Chris

Noam Pikelny is not only a banjo player extraordinaire. On his his upcoming Rounder album, Universal Favorite, we learn that he is also a very capable vocalist. And based on this short film created to explain the basis for this record

Rounder Records has announced a March 2017 release for Universal Favorite, their first recording for Noam Pikelny. Noam's last project, Noam Pikelny Plays Kenny Baker Plays Bill Monroe, brought him a handful of awards from the International Bluegrass Music Association in 2014.

Banjo wizard Noam Pikelny is taking leave of his Punch Brothers bandmates - for the next few weeks at least - to venture out on his first solo performance tour. And by solo, we mean solo; just him on stage

Steve Martin has announced that Noam Pikelny, current banjoist with Punch Brothers, has joined the Board which selects the recipients of the Steve Martin Prize for Excellence in Banjo and Bluegrass Music. Noam had been the inaugural prize winner in

Two of the most celebrated artists in the vicinity of bluegrass music - with two of the coolest names - Noam Pikelny and Aoife O'Donovan, are winding up a duo tour over the next week across the Midwest. To help promote