Bluegrass At Large

  • Infamous String Dusters in the Black Swamp

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    If you will be in the NW Ohio or SE Michigan area this weekend, you may be interested in checking out the 15th Annual Black Swamp Arts Festival, which is being held in Bowling Green, Ohio on September 7th, 8th

  • Wechter Plek setup video

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    We had posted late last year about Wechter Guitars and their newly installed Plek Pro fret dressing machine. This German made, computer-assisted contraption scans the neck while the instrument is strung up to pitch, and creates a detailed, three dimension

  • Banjo improvisation DVD from Jayme Stone

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    Jayme Stone is a banjo player who has defied a great many of the expectations associated with the instrument. His music mixes the 3 finger style passed to him from the bluegrass tradition with a harmonic sense that encompasses traditional

  • Czech bluegrass in Pittsburgh

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    The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette ran a story last week about Czech bluegrass band Druha Trava, who are touring in the US and Canada through the rest of September. The Gazette's Nate Guidry interviewed Robert Krestan, who founded the group in 1991 about

  • Tom Adams lays the banjo down

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    Tom Adams, celebrated former banjo player with The Johnson Mountain Boys, Blue Highway and others, has announced his plans to set the banjo down, and perhaps focus on guitar instead. He has been suffering from focal dystonia for the past

  • Banjo player makes 2nd round in Forbes contest

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    Banjo player John Drummond was hoping for success when he started his own business, unicycle.com, in 1999, but his hopes didn't aspire to making a living selling unicyles. By 2003 however, the business was going well enough that his wife

  • Reno/Smiley Tribute

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    UPCOMING BLUEGRASS SHOW Bon Mar Productions Presents: Saturday, January 12, 2008 PARAMOUNT THEATRE 128 E Front Street ~ Burlington, NC CONSTANT CHANGE ~AND~ RENO/SMILEY TRIBUTE by Shallow Creek w/Guest Steven Martin Including the storytelling of Reno/Smiley (Special Guest ~ TBA) Show Time: 7:30PM Tickets: Advance $15.00 At the Door $18.00 For

  • Sammy Shelor’s Corn Acoustics

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    Last year around this time, we told you about Lonesome River Band banjo picker Sammy Shelor's side business when fall rolls around. He and his wife Sue plant a field of corn each spring, not to bring to market, but