Chicago has gotten its bluegrass due with this year’s Grammy nominations. Noam Pikelny and Greg Cahill — two players with strong local connections — are competing in the best bluegrass album category.
It might seem kind of unlikely for a guy from the North Shore of Chicago to become a world-class banjo player, but that’s exactly what Noam Pikelny did. After taking up plucking at age 10, he took ...