This is the first time West Marin’s Lowell Levinger has used his given name on an album instead of his humorous monicker Grandpa Banana. It’s easy to see why he’s gotten more formal on the all ...

With his third album since going solo in 2009, Lowell Levinger, known to one and all in West Marin and beyond as Banana, continues to refine his contemporary take on the acoustic bluegrass and folk ...

That may sound like an existential question for a fruit-inspired cartoon character contemplating the advent of old age. But for former Youngbloods’ member Lowell “Banana” Levinger, Grandpa Banana ...

8 p.m. tonight at Brick15, 915 Camino Del Mar in Del Mar; 7:30 p.m. Saturday at Museum of Making Music, 5790 Armada Drive in Carlsbad. $15 and $17 Friday; $20 and $25 Saturday. (858) 225-1315 (Brick15 ...