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Czech craftsman Rosta Capek works on a mandolin on May 28 in his workshop in Chouzava, a village about 30 kilometers south of Prague. Photo: AFP Star banjo player Ned Luberecki sits back in an ...

Czech banjo and mandolin maker Rosta Capek grew up listening to bluegrass music and his parents were involved in ex-Czechoslovakia’s first and only women’s bluegrass group. (AFP pic) Star banjo player ...

Star banjo player Ned Luberecki sits back in an armchair at a Prague music hall, contemplates the instrument he's holding, then gently begins strumming. "I'm still waiting on a name for it. I've just ...