We posted several times about young North Carolina banjo player Bayla Davis, particularly about her being featured on From The Top, a program that typically highlights teen classical musicians on the rise. Her recent segment was only the second time
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Joe Mullins taking over Bluegrass Junction for Industrial Strength Bluegrass
Joe Mullins is taking over SiriusXM's Bluegrass Junction at the top of each hour this weekend, starting at 5:00 p.m. this afternoon, in celebration of today's extended vinyl re-release of the all-star bluegrass project, Industrial Strength Bluegrass - Southwestern Ohio's
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The Adventures of Willo the Dwarf
Slovak banjoist Richard Ciferský, founder of innovative music accessory company Banjolit and banjo man with Bill Faster in the Slovak Republic, has released a unique and interesting project called The Adventures of Willo the Dwarf, which combines an audio CD
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Johnny & the Yooahoos win IBMA International Band Performance Grant
German grassers Johnny & the Yooahoos have been selected as the recipients of the 2024 IBMA International Band Performance Grant, with provides financial assistance to an especially worthy non-US bluegrass act to allow them to travel to the States to
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My Memories of John Hartford by Bob Carlin
University Press of Mississippi has announced the release of a new book by old time banjo master Bob Carlin, entitled My Memories of John Hartford. It's a memoir of the friendship between Carlin and the late John Hartford, one of the
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Trip Around The Sun video from Bronwyn Keith-Hynes, featuring Dierks Bentley
Nashville fiddler and vocalist Bronwyn Keith-Hynes has released a third single from her upcoming album with Sugar Petunia Records, I Built A World. After winning fiddle contests throughout the mid Atlantic region as a teen, Bronwyn debuted professionally as a
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Vince Gill sings Bury Me Beneath the Willow on new Tony Trischka single
The latest single from Tony Trischka's upcoming Earl Jam: A Tribute To Earl Scruggs project, a star-studded recording featuring his transcriptions of Scruggs' solos from jams with John Hartford, is an arrangement of the timeless mountain folk song, Bury Me
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New IBMA webinar celebrates the life of Earl Scruggs
Attention banjo pickers and Earl Scruggs fans! The International Bluegrass Music Association is hosting a free webinar on May 15 offering a glimpse into the life of banjo innovator Earl Scruggs. It will be offered on the IBMA Facebook page at
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Johnny B. Goode video from Seth Mulder & Midnight Run
Rebel Records has announced a special, one-off single and music video from Seth Mulder & Midnight Run. Seth and the boys have applied their powerful, old time bluegrass sound to Chuck Berry's mega-hit, Johnny B. Goode, originally recorded at the birth
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Reuben’s Train video from Todd Taylor
What's this...? Rock 'n' roll banjo man Todd Taylor playing an Earl Scruggs tune? Someone must have gotten their signals crossed. Nope... Taylor is just returning to the Scruggs' style banjo he mastered in his youth, when he first came to