• Jon Glik on the fiddle again

    Jon Glik, 56, one of bluegrass music's top fiddlers, is fit enough able to play again after a year where he almost died, according to a report on Baltimore's Eyewitness News a few days ago. Regular readers will recall our previous

  • New land speed record – for banjo

    It's official... The Guinness Book has declared that Brit Johnny Butten is the World's Fastest Banjo Player, besting the record established last year by Todd Taylor. There is no mention of the record yet on the Guinness Records web site,

  • Coastline Bluegrass Music Event June 6-7-8 2008

    The 3rd 'Coastline Bluegrass Music Event' takes place on 6-7-8 June 2008 at Plas Uchaf Farm, Near Llandudno Junction, North Wales. The festival is set in the beautiful countryside of North Wales, with spectacular views across the Conwy River and

  • Kel Kroydon and Steve Martin

    In an earlier post, Casey Henry mentioned what a kick she got from knowing that she and Steve Martin played the same kind of banjo, referring to her recent signature model Kel Kroydon banjo. I asked KK owner Tom Mirisola to

  • Fiddle Festival

    You're invited to compete in the " Official Alabama State Fiddling Championship!" Open to fiddlers nationwide, this very popular contest takes place each year at the Panoply Arts Festival presented by Boeing in downtown Huntsville's Big Spring International Park

  • Dollywood open auditions start soon

    Dollywood, the entertainment theme park co-owned by country star Dolly Parton and located near her childhood home in Sevierville, TN, has announced open auditions in four US cities starting later this month. They will be looking for singers, actors, specialty

  • Art Deco banjo from Recording King

    Recording King has introduced the latest model in their line of budget-priced, tone ring banjos. Known as the Deco King, this banjo features a luminous pearloid resonator and peghead overlay, a popular banjo appointment in the 1930s and early '40s. The