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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 [...]
Akira Otsuka’s First Tear
The first time Sam Bush heard Akira Otsuka and his friends in the Japanese band the Bluegrass 45, he remembers a band that was well rooted in bluegrass traditions but not afraid to push the boundaries. Bush particularly remembers a version of Dave Brubeck’s Take [...]
Sizemore documentary on IndieGoGo
The Herschel Sizemore documentary film project to which we alluded back in February continues apace. With a working title of Herschel Sizemore: A Mandolin in B, producer/director Rick Bowman has created a crowd sourcing campaign at indiegogo to raise funds to complete the filming and [...]
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 [...]
Guinness mandolin record attempt at Galax 2012
Attention Galax mandolin contestants! An attempt has been scheduled for August 7 at 2:00 p.m. (EDT) to break the Guinness World Record for the largest mandolin ensemble during the 2012 Old Fiddler’s Convention in Galax, VA. They will be seeking to break the previous record [...]
Steve Acord to the Gabeharts
Jim & Valerie Gabehart have announced Steve Acord as the newest member of their band, playing mandolin and singing harmony vocals. Acord hails from Beckley, WV and has performed professionally as a mandolinist, fiddler and guitarist. He has worked with a number of groups over the years, [...]
Sizemore documentary film preview
We had extensive coverage last week of the momentous tribute offered to mandolin legend Herschel Sizemore at a benefit concert in Roanoke, VA on February 19. The show featured performances by artists as diverse as Punch Brothers and Seldom Scene, with a special reunion set [...]
Jeff Parker CD in May
Jeff Parker, the very talented and wildly entertaining mandolinist with Dailey & Vincent, is expecting to release a solo project this May on Lonesome Day Records. If you’ve caught the Dailey & Vincent show live, you know that Parker has a larger-than-life personality – something [...]
Mike Lilly & Wendy Miller
I recently had the great pleasure of renewing my acquaintance with one of the great banjo players of the 1970s and ’80s (and now for that matter), Mike Lilly. He and Wendy Miller are forever joined in history as part of the classic early version [...]
First Tear from Akira Otsuka
Patuxent Music has released an album from noted mandolinist, Akira Otsuka, entitled First Tear. Joining the former Bluegrass 45 mando man are Tony Rice, Kenny Smith, Phil Rosenthal, Chris Stifel, Al Petteway and David Grier on guitar; Rickie Simpkins, Phil Bloch and Janice Martin on [...]
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