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
Bluegrass At Large
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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,
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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
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Hazel Dickens in the West Virginia Music Hall Of Fame
Our UK correspondent, Richard F. Thompson, put together this report on an important event we missed last fall. In November the legendary folk/bluegrass singer, songwriter and activist Hazel Dickens was honored as one of the inaugural inductees into the West Virginia
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We, The Fabulous Bagasse Boyz…………………..
"We, *The Fabulous Bagasse Boyz*, do solemnly swear to uphold the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, and the Constitution and laws of the State of Louisiana, and that we will faithfully and impartially, discharge and
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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
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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
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Carolina Chocolate Drops, Norman Blake Headline Bear on the Square Festival
Organizers of Dahlonega's annual Bear on the Square Mountain Festival are excited that their upcoming 12th annual event, the 2008 weekend of music and art, has what is probably "the most exciting lineup of entertainers in the history of the
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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
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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