Author: Brian Paul Swenk

Experienced – Larry Keel

Few people can get away with describing their music as an “experience.” But then again, few words come close to actually…

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Got Myself Together (10 years later) – Danny Barnes

Texas-born, Seattle-based banjo pioneer Danny Barnes is coming off a good year. Being the sixth person to win the prestigious Steve…

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Leaving Auburndale – Hank Smith

Hank Smith, a banjo player from Raleigh, is a busy man. If playing gigs, keeping a steady stream of banjo students,…

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Ryan Cavanaugh – a banjo anomaly

The national popularity of bluegrass music might ebb and flow with social and artistic trends, but the quality of picking and…

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Banjoist Hank Smith set to debut super-group at IBMA

“What if Bela’s Drive had the vocals of Chris Thile/Michael Daves?” You’ve probably never asked yourself that exact question, but I…

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Bluegrass is alive and well on the Outer Banks

In all my years of playing bluegrass music, the Outer Banks of North Carolina have always held a special place in…

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Steve Lewis – Inside the mind of a contest champion

Steve Lewis, from Todd, NC (a tiny community just north of Boone) was gracious enough to talk with me about his…

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Traveling Show – Songs From The Road Band

Traveling Show is the third album from the aptly-named Songs From The Road Band, which is a side project led by…

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Frank Solivan & Dirty Kitchen – Leading The Way In Today’s Bluegrass

With this profile of Frank Solivan we welcome Brian Paul Swenk to our roster of writers here at Bluegrass Today. Brian…

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