Round Window Institute, the non-profit entity that manages Banjo Summit and the Modern Mandolin Workshop, has announced the launch of a print side, Round Window Press, to publish instrumental transcription projects. The first book will be for virtuoso modern banjoist Wes
Wes Corbett, banjo player with the Sam Bush Band, has a banjo solo project coming December 4 called Cascade. He has graciously agreed to let us share the first single today, Mary Evelyn, a highly lyrical banjo tune he recorded with
The Sam Bush Band has announced that Wes Corbett will join the group on banjo. He steps into the spot filled by Scott Vestal this past 15 years. The native of Bainbridge, Washington comes to Bush after an already stellar career
Colorado banjoist Jake Schepps will be no stranger to Bluegrass Today readers, as both a noted player and a correspondent/reviewer. Though he came up in the bluegrass world, Jake's interests have since expanded to include modern classical music on the five
Here's word of another new EP coming from the burgeoning Boston contemporary bluegrass scene. This time it's guitarist Andy Cambria putting together a solo project with several of his friends. But Andy says that it's really more of a band project, recorded with
This Unknown Science, the latest CD from Boston's Joy Kills Sorrow is now available for sale online. The group is one of many adventurous string bands to emerge from Beantown's steaming cauldron of young acoustic musicians. They utilize the familiar bluegrass
The Berklee College of Music in Boston has announced that Wes Corbett has been hired as a banjo instructor, joining David Hollender in that capacity at the school. Corbett will serve as an Associate Professor on a part time basis,
A new video streaming service has recently launched in Boston. Concert Window was designed to offer live concerts, and is managed by Dan Gurney and Forrest O'Connor from The Hay Brigade, whose debut CD we profiled last month. They held their
