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Steve Martin and Edie Brickell Team Up
Back in the late 1950s and early 1960s, Steve Lawrence and Eydie Gorme were household names and stars on television and in popular music. Now there’s a new Steve and Edie – Steve Martin and Edie Brickell — teaming up to make music. Their collaboration, [...]
Mike Scott remembers the War Between the States
I don’t know whether there are many fellow Brits who have a deep interest in the American Civil War and much that goes with that era as I do, but Rural Rhythm and Mike Scott and his friends know just how to please with the [...]
Rooster Ruley remembered at Rooster Fest
This weekend, family, friends and fans of Rooster Ruley, a popular banjo picker in central Virginia who passed away on February 13, will gather to remember the man and his music at the Washington & Lee Pavilion in Lexington. It will be a combination concert [...]
New look for Melvin Goins & Windy Mountain
Legendary grasser Melvin Goins has brought a new look to his touring band, Windy Mountain, for the 2013 season. “Our new banjo player is Mike French. Mike has been playing the banjo for 40 years and has played with some of the top acts in [...]
Bootleg John from Jason Davis
Junior Sisk’s crackerjack banjo picker, Jason Davis, is back with his second solo project at the ripe old age of 25. Like his 2008 effort, Steppin’ Out, he has enlisted an array of young hotshots like himself, together with a number of bluegrass veterans, to [...]
You Can Count On Gracie
Joan Harrison has been the banjo picker and lead singer with New York’s Too Blue this past 15 years. She has also written material for the band, some of it included on their 2011 CD, Trouble With The Grey. When not playing the five, Joan works as [...]
Mike Compton and Joe Newberry Live
The modern musical arts based on traditional string music divide into many camps. Some use the instruments familiar to old time and bluegrass to push boundaries, while others demonstrate an almost fanatical devotion to the old masters. In between you can find every gradation on that [...]
Major milestone for Banjo NewsLetter
Banjo NewsLetter, published by the Nitchie family in Maryland since 1973, is now publishing online starting with the current April 2013 issue. They will continue to offer a print edition, mailed out just as it has been for 40 years, but now most of the [...]
Scholarships available to Smoky Mountain Banjo Academy
The Smoky Mountain Banjo Academy has been held since 2004 in a beautiful mountain retreat near Gatlinburg, TN, hosted by noted banjo instructor and author, Jack Hatfield. The event is an outgrowth of the Maryland Banjo Academy, formerly operated by Banjo NewsLetter. Jack had worked [...]
Dierks loves him some banjo
We’ve written many times on Bluegrass Today about country star Dierks Bentley’s love for bluegrass music. Even before the release of his 2010 bluegrass album, Up On The Ridge, Bentley had recorded and performed with The Grascals, and shared the stage with The Infamous Stringdusters. [...]
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