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Bluegrass Jamming on Mandolin and Fiddle
Wayne Erbsen’s two latest bluegrass instruction books begin his new Bluegrass Jamming series, with titles for both fiddlers and mandolinists. A similar book for banjo is expected later this year. Like his earlier series titled as being for “The Complete Ignoramus,” these new offerings project [...]
Buddy Melton surgery a success
Good news this weekend from Balsam Range. Their fiddler, Buddy Melton, who was injured last week, underwent major facial reconstruction surgery on Sunday in Asheville, NC. Mandolinist Darren Nicholson posted the following this morning on the band’s web site. Buddy’s surgery today (about 10 hours) [...]
Wally Hughes to Sweet Dixie
Bill Emerson & Sweet Dixie have a couple of news bits for this afternoon. First off, they are celebrating the official release of their latest CD, The Touch Of Time, on Rural Rhythm. It is now available wherever you might purchase recorded bluegrass music. On [...]
Little Fiddle On the Prairie
On Jan 6, artists from many genres will come together at the Loveless Barn in Nashville, TN, to celebrate an unsung American fiddle hero, Charles Ingalls. Yes, that Charles Ingalls, father of Laura Ingalls-Wilder. It is a widely known, but often forgotten fact that Mr. Ingalls [...]
Old Foggies Rejoice! A Tribute to Fiddlin’ Paul Warren Vol. 2
This CD is for the old timers—unapologetic “old school” traditionalists. My people… Us “old foggies” know the locomotive sound and feel of a Paul Warren fiddle breakdown with Lester Flatt, Cousin Jake, Uncle Josh, and Earl Scruggs – or one of his followers (Haskell, Vic [...]
California pickers: Ed Neff
This post is the first in what will be a series of articles on prominent west coast musicians who may not be familiar names back east. Ed Neff is a mandolin and fiddle player from Petaluma, California. Though those are his two main instruments, Ed [...]
Study with Michael Cleveland
Fiddlers in the Louisville, KY area – or those willing to make the trek – will have the opportunity to study privately with Michael Cleveland next year. Jeff Guernsey’s Conservatory of Music in Jeffersonville, IN (just across the river from Louisville), will host Michael as [...]
Fiddle & Banjo Christmas
The banjo/fiddle duet holds an iconic place in the history and development of bluegrass music. From the earliest days of Appalachian string music, a fiddle and a banjo was enough to set folks dancing, and as the style has evolved from a dance to a [...]
Rachel and Chris Boyd
Special thanks to Ted Lehmann for this piece. Ted is a retired teacher who blogs at Ted Lehmann’s Bluegrass, Books, and Brainstorms and travels extensively with his wife Irene to bluegrass festivals and other events. He also took the photos in the gallery below. See more of his [...]
A fiddlin’ Miss UK
When the winner of the Miss University of Kentucky pageant was announced earlier this month, it was a big night for the bluegrass world. The crown went to UK senior Ramsey Carpenter, who plays fiddle with County Line Bluegrass when she isn’t studying or serving as a [...]
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