If you've followed any news today you've probably seen or heard that veteran CBS television broadcaster Charles Osgood died yesterday at 91 years of age. The effusive praise being shared in response is thoroughly deserved, as Osgood was a welcome
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Jim Rae passes
Jim Rae, a former research scientist and faculty member at the Mayo Clinic in Minnesota, who contributed mightily to the groundwork and experimentation that led to the Truetone line offered by Huber Banjos, died on Christmas day. He was 83
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Huber Banjos just survives tornado devastation
Damage at the building that houses Huber Banjos and Cumberland Acoustic after tornados (12/11/23) The series of tornados that hit near Nashville this past Saturday evening caused a huge amount of property damage, and cost the lives of six people. It
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Kenyon Young wins Huber banjo raffle from IBMA Foundation
On May 20, The IBMA Foundation drew a winner in their 2nd annual Strings for Dreams Bluegrass Raffle to raise funds for their various charitable and educational efforts on behalf of bluegrass music. This year's raffle was for a 2010 Huber
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Win a Huber VBR-3 from the IBMA Foundation
The IBMA Foundation has announced their 2nd annual Strings for Dreams raffle to benefit the organization's charitable and educational efforts. This year's raffle offers chances to win a 2010 Huber Banjos Truetone VRB-3 model, donated by longtime Foundation supporter Richard Spratt.
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Doug McKelway plays his Huber banjo on Huckabee
On last weekend's Huckabee show, which airs on the Trinity Broadcasting Network (TBN), TV news anchor Doug McKelway joined host Mike Huckabee to talk about Centerpoint, a news program launching next week on TBN. For years McKelway's was a familiar face to
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Happy New Year from Huber Banjos
As we all prepare for New Year's Eve festivities this evening, here's Steve Huber from Huber Banjos with a banjo arrangement of Auld Lang Syne. There have been many versions of this classic song for banjo, and Steve has created a
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Riley Gilbreath wins Texas State Banjo Championship
When young Riley Gilbreath first came to the attention of the Bluegrass Heritage Foundation, he was just a 12 year old kid from Fort Worth, TX. He had applied for a starter banjo loaner through the Foundation's Play It Forward
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Bluegrass Heritage Foundation gets Riley Gilbreath a new Huber banjo
The Bluegrass Heritage Foundation is a volunteer organization in Texas which serves to promote and support bluegrass music in the state. They are also involved in the annual Bloomin’ Bluegrass Festival & Chili Cook-Off each fall, and also manage a program to
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Announcing the Scott Street Banjo Finals
Young banjo players in Virginia are invited to submit entries for the inaugural edition of The Scott Street Five String Finals, a competition created in honor of the late Scott Street, a distinguished Virginia attorney and banjo loyalist who died