Steve Martin Creates Bluegrass Prize

Compiled by Dave Itzkoff


Published: September 15, 2010

. Hey, kids: Steve Martin wants to give you $50,000! There’s just one catch: You’re going to have to be really good at bluegrass music. Mr. Martin, the actor, comedian and polymath, has established the Steve Martin Prize for Excellence in Banjo and Bluegrass. The award, which he described on Wednesday as “a mini-MacArthur” grant, will give $50,000 annually to “an individual or group for outstanding accomplishment in the field of five-string banjo or bluegrass music.” More in the New York Times