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Colby Laney to Larry Stephenson Band
Colby Laney has been announced as the new guitarist with the Larry Stephenson Band. He will start this weekend. Previously, Laney had performed with Volume Five. Larry is delighted with his newest addition, and remarks on the differences between the younger and more senior members [...]
RD-310 from Recording King
Recording King has announced the debut of their latest solid-wood guitar, the RD-310. It’s a 14-fret, dreadnaught body guitar with African mahogany back and sides, and an Adirondack (red) spruce top. The top braces are a forward-X (pre war) style, and the neck is mahogany [...]
Is It Bluegrass – cigar box guitars?
Today we launch Is It Bluegrass, a new series at Bluegrass Today. It will appear sporadically on the site as topics suggest themselves to the question. Some posts will be decidedly tongue-in-cheek, while others will contain items that may be of interest to much of the [...]
Memorial Fund for John McGann
The acoustic music world was shocked last month to learn of the sudden passing of John McGann, a musician who had distinguished himself over many years of excellence in both performance and instruction. John was serving on the faculty of the Berklee College of Music [...]
Ondra Kozák to G-runs ‘n Roses
The Czech Republic’s G-runs ‘n Roses have announced that Ondra Kozák is now performing with the band on guitar. As it happens, his entry into the group was in response to the departure of their banjo player, Michal Wawrzyczek. Founding member Ralph Schut is switching from guitar to banjo, making [...]
Chris Austin competition winners heavy on bluegrass
Molly Tuttle, she of The Tuttles with AJ Lee, took the top prize in the General Category of the Chris Austin Songwriting Contest at last weekend’s MerleFest in North Wilkesboro, NC. In addition to performing with her family band based in California, Molly is a [...]
Volume Five holding auditions
Mountain Fever recording artists Volume Five are on the hunt for a new guitar player. The band, based in northern Alabama, has had a good run on our Bluegrass Today Weekly Airplay Chart with the song Any Where Is Home Again from their current Children [...]
New Kenny Smith video from Gat3
Glen and Susan Tabor of Gat3 Records have released a second video about the recording of Kenny Smith’s Return CD. The album was out in limited release last Fall – primarily directly from Kenny – and the video is being distributed to promote the record’s [...]
Jim Hurst on with Katy Daley
Guitar wizard Jim Hurst will roll into DC thursday morning (4/5) for a visit with Katy Daley on WAMU’s Bluegrass Country. He’s scheduled to be on the air at 9:00 a.m. (EDT) to talk about his latest release, Intrepid. Katy says that she”s expecting a [...]
Win a free guitar from Eastman
Eastman Guitars is giving away 40 of their AC-420 dreadnoughts, and all you have to do to win is go check one out and fill out a brief survey. Each of their 40 dealers in the US has one of these handmade, solid wood guitars, [...]
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