Musician Spotlight: Fats Kaplin

Musician Spotlight: Fats Kaplin

Dates: 
Sun, 07/19/2026 - 1:00pm to 1:45pm

Multi-instrumentalist Fats Kaplin plays banjo, button accordion, guitar, mandolin, pedal steel, a wide variety of regional fiddle styles, and instruments from Turkey and the Middle East. He has shared recording studios and stages with Beck, Elvis Costello, the Manhattan Transfer, Buddy Miller, Mitski, John Prine, Jack White, Tinariwen, and Trisha Yearwood. Kaplin is a member of Kane Welch Kaplin and, as a composer and arranger, has collaborated with Paul Burch & the WPA Ballclub, Kristi Rose, and Jack White and Third Man Records. Ford Theater. Included with Museum admission. Program ticket required. Free to Museum members.

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37203 Nashville , TN
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