Surrounded by swaying cornstalks and the scent of mini-doughnuts, Debbie Schreyer’s cold-reddened knuckles curled around the fret board and her coarse fingertips slid fluently across the neck of her ...

Alison Brown and her banjo have come a long way since her Stamford upbringing. The instrument has taken the 61-year-old on many journeys — through the professional bluegrass scene, through the ...