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Oh Susanna video from Lluis Gomez
No matter where you may live, if you play music in public, there are songs you can't avoid. It doesn't matter if you busk on the street, play in restaurants and taverns, or perform in large concert halls. Someone will invariably ask you to play that one song that just
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Old Favorites – new from The Murphy Method
Old Favorites is the latest release from The Murphy Method, which finds Casey Henry teaching you how to play a half dozen familiar songs on the banjo. The Murphy Method is a system of teaching by watching and memorizing, designed and facilitated specifically to avoid the use of printed music. As
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Nefesh Mountain live on DittyTV
Memphis-based DittyTV will be featuring a live concert with Nefesh Mountain over the next few days on their streaming channel. The network focuses on live music and interviews with Americana and roots artists of every kind, and can be accessed by any smart TV or ones hooked up to a
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Farida Guitars now available in the US
Farida Guitars, a popular brand in the UK and a number of Asian nations, is coming to America with a line of four slope-shoulder dreadnoughts, and a pair of 00-sized guitars. Sidestreet Distributing in Lansing, MI will be the exclusive North American distributor for these instruments, and a ukulele line
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Old Country Store video from Turning Ground
Bonfire Recording has released a new music video for Kentucky's Turning Ground. It's the title track from their current project, Old Country Store. The video was shot, appropriately enough, in an old country store by Bonfire Studios. Webb’s Grocery was the shoot site, located in Van Lear, KY, the birthplace of Loretta
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California Report: An interview with Larry Cohea
To west coast grassers, Larry Cohea really needs no introduction. Larry is a California Bluegrass Association and Northern California Bluegrass Society Lifetime Achievement Honoree, and member of many seminal Bay Area bluegrass bands such as High Country, Blue and Lonesome, and Dark Hollow. DB: Hi Larry; I didn’t find much on your
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It’s no small achievement to forge a sound so essentially American in a place that’s so decidedly removed from its roots. So credit Sweden’s Downhill...
No more Highland Travelers
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Roy Clark passes
The bluegrass and banjo playing world has lost a great champion today, as we note the passing of singer and multi-instrumentalist, Roy Clark. The smiling...
615 Hideaway to launch Bluegrass Fridays
Since early in 2017, The 615 Hideaway has been creating streaming video content highlighting the many musical faces of Nashville. They produce 2-3 shows each...
LaTresa Smith sings Bright Star for Christmas
LaTresa Smith has released a single ahead of her upcoming album, one with a Christmas message appropriate for the season. Bright Star is a duet with...
Banjo straps from Banjolit
Our Slovak friends with Banjolit have introduced a new line of banjo straps which they will ship anywhere in the world. These are ultra-high quality, handmade...
