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Paul Reed Smith – A Conversation On Tone
Earlier this year, we reported on celebrated electric guitar builder Paul Reed Smith’s move into the acoustic market, and his choice of hypersonic flatpicker Cody Kilby as an endorser. Recently, Smith convened an all-star panel of acoustic guitar masters for a conversation on tone. Watch [...]
More on the Bourgeois “Banjo Killer” restoration
Here’s an update to a story we did last summer… The March edition of Acoustic Guitar magazine has a very interesting story about Bryan’s legendary “Banjo Killer” dreadnought guitar, which was damaged in the devastating Nashville flood of May 2010. In what is predominantly an [...]
CBA Bluegrass Camp for Kids
The California Bluegrass Association will add a new feature this year during their 38th Annual Father’s Day Festival in Grass Valley, CA. It’s a formal, four-day workshop for young grassers, ages 8-16. This is in addition to their Kids on Bluegrass program, which prepares and coaches young [...]
The Fiction Twins – Toshio Watanabe
The popularity of bluegrass music in Japan is a subject well known and widely discussed among US and European grassers. Since the postwar occupation of the island nation in the late 1940s, the Japanese have warmed to many aspects of American culture, with baseball and [...]
Maro Kawabata passes
Popular Japanese bluegrass artist Maro Kawabata died unexpectedly yesterday at the age of 51. He left behind many friends in the worldwide bluegrass community, who remember him fondly for his kindness, good humor, and superb musicianship. Maro was born in Kyoto, where he was raised, before coming [...]
Shelton Straps – How They’re Made
While it would be nice if life could consist of all bluegrass, all the time, that’s definitely not the reality for most musicians. In their off time, many bluegrass musicians have other careers, often somehow related to the music business. James Alan Shelton, longtime guitar [...]
Utility infielder sought for Dollywood
The good folks at Dollywood asked us to pass along that they are on the hunt for a utility player for the 2013 season, which runs from April 2013 to January 4, 2014. The successful applicant must play fiddle, and will be able to proficiently double [...]
Martin’s new Authentic Series guitars
Flatpickers and aficionados of dreadnaught guitars take note. C.F. Martin & Co.has introduced a number of prewar replicas – copies of their own vintage classics – among their Authentic Series instruments. During last month’s NAMM show in Anaheim, CA, Martin unveiled 2 D-28 models, plus [...]
Doc Watson collection being assembled
When Doc Watson passed away in May 2012, the world of traditional music lost one of its most beloved figures. Doc had quite a prolific career, recording albums both as a solo artist and with his son Merle, as well as many collaborations with such [...]
Gruhn Guitars moving off Broadway
Last Thursday evening at SPBMA we had a nice chat with George Gruhn, proprietor of the legendary Gruhn Guitars in Nashville. He shared that the shop is preparing a move across town, leaving the bright lights of Broadway behind. Since 1970, Gruhn’s has been a landmark [...]
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