For a good many banjo players, calling yourself a 5 string flamethrower might seem a bit pretentious. But for Rob McCoury, who's been peeling paint with his banjo in The Del McCoury Band for the past 27 years, it's an
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Let’s all pitch in for Eddie Adcock
Those of us who are devoted fans or part time/amateur pickers see the world of a touring bluegrass artist as a glamorous life. Riding around on a nice bus, getting to play before adoring crowds, making the big money... Some of that
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Russ Carson gets the nod
When we reported in March that Russ Carson had been picked as the new banjo picker with Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder, we noted that he officially was coming on board on a 90 day trial basis. Those of us well familiar
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Once Upon A Time In Appalachia
Ryan Cavanaugh has released the latest single in his Back Country series of modern banjo compositions. Like the others so far, Once Upon A Time In Appalachia was recorded with Bill Evans on saxophone, Mark Egan on bass, Tyson Rogers on keyboard, and
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Bluegrass Heritage sends a kid to camp
Young Liam Purcell was the recipient of a music scholarship from the Bluegrass Heritage Foundation's Play It Forward program, allowing him to attend the Smoky Mountain Banjo Academy during last weekend's Five String Fest in North Carolina. Liam lives in nearby Deep
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Scholarships for 2nd annual Women’s Banjo Camp
We banjo players have endured unkind banjo jokes for as long as we've been playing. Always derogatory, often at the expense of our intelligence, appearance or job prospects, these jabs sting the refined five stringer to the core. With Murphy and
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Noam Pikelny and Stuart Duncan hit the road
Ask any musicologist about the origins of old time and bluegrass music, and a disquisition on banjo and fiddle music won't be far behind. Particularly in the Appalachian regions where self-sufficient immigrants from the British isles and their descendants tended
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Tony Trischka Lost live
Tony Trischka sat recently for an episode of One On One, an online music video program created and produced by Ehud Lazin. The concept is to create intimate videos of performers, with no audience - just the artist and the recordist. Here Trischka
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Rogers and Larrance recreate Foggy Mountain Banjo
Stop me if you've heard this one before... A pianist and a drummer walk into the studio to record an updated version of Foggy Mountain Banjo. But this one's no joke. Tyson Rogers and Bryon Larrance are celebrating how the five string has