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Steep Canyon Rangers at FloydFest
FloydFesters were treated to a fantastic set of bluegrass with a side helping of Gospel from the Steep Canyon Rangers this morning. I spoke with guitarist Woody Platt after the performance. Just coming off a couple weeks touring out West, he told me… “We’ve been out [...]
Give Me The Banjo now on Netflix
Give Me The Banjo, the recent film documentary about our beloved 5 string by Marc Fields, is now available to Netflix subscribers. Though Fields lists as the project’s writer, director and producer, it really was a team effort. Tony Trischka was brought on as musical [...]
Graham Sharp and Ziggy Marley
Graham Sharp shared a fun story about his close encounter last night with reggae superstar Ziggy Marley. He was performing with Steve Martin and Steep Canyon Rangers at the Ottawa Jazz Festival, which runs for ten days with a wide variety of musical acts. Graham [...]
Steve Martin banjo board adds J.D. Crowe
We just heard from Steve Martin, who shared this announcement about his annual banjo prize: Last March, the board of The Steve Martin Prize for Excellence in Banjo and Bluegrass lost a founding member, the great Earl Scruggs. After brief deliberation, we made a unanimous [...]
Steve and the Rangers offer IBMA discounts
Steve Martin just dropped us a line to let everyone know that he is setting aside discounted tickets for IBMA members on his upcoming string of dates with Steep Canyon Rangers. It has been remarked that ticket prices at the performing arts centers and up-scale [...]
Rare Bird Alert goes prime time
How many Bluegrass Today readers watch the popular FOX television program, Bones? If you tune in for the next airing on Monday (4/30), you’ll hear the title track from Steve Martin & The Steep Canyon Rangers’ current album, Rare Bird Alert. Bones is a forensic [...]
More recollections of Earl
We’ve heard this morning from a number of highly-influential banjo players, each sharing their personal reflections on the passing of the greatest among them, the man, THE Earl Scruggs. Sonny Osborne, who internalized Scruggs music as a young teen, and is recognized as one of [...]
Steve Martin and the Rangers at Rolling Stone
Steve Martin and Steep Canyon Rangers are featured in a new video for Rolling Stone. It starts with a brief group interview, followed by a rousing live performance of Martin’s historical ballad, Me And Paul Revere. Great stuff.
Blue Yodel #17 – #bluegrassgrammy-attackads
Tweets in Response to Steve Martin’s Blatant Attempt to Increase Public Awareness of Bluegrass Grammy #bluegrassgrammyattackads Steve Martin claims to be illegitimate son of Jimmy Martin. Nope, says Jimmy in Skype session from beyond. #bluegrassgrammyattackads Steve Martin mispronounces “banjo” on Letterman. No, Steve, it’s not [...]
Steve Martin throws down the gauntlet
Steve Martin took to Twitter last week, in a blatant attempt to influence Grammy voters heading into Awards Season. Hollywood has long embraced the tradition of pushing projects forward in the press, both to hopefully garner Oscar nominations, and subsequently, to win votes for the [...]
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