• Keller Williams auction for tornado victims

    Jamgrass hero Keller Williams is partnering with the Mimi Fishman Foundation to raise money to assist the many victims of the tornadoes that devastated many areas of his home state of Virginia, and other parts of the southern US. They are

  • Taylor Swift Mean video

    Is this good for the banjo, or for bluegrass? I mean Taylor Swift is among the biggest stars in country music. Sure, she's strumming on a six string banjo, but the video also features acoustic guitar, mandolin and fiddle. OK... there are

  • Crowdsourcing for David Bromberg documentary

    Beth Kruvant and Good Footage Productions are at work completing a documentary film on the life and artistic career of David Bromberg. And like so many independent films in the online era, they are using crowdsourcing site indiegogo to attract

  • Dueling Banjo Pigs

    Here's a precious piece of Americana to ward off the evil spirits of Friday the 13th. A pair of good friends and professional illustrators, Guy Francis and Stacy Curtis, both took up the banjo in the Spring of 2010. Each had

  • I’m Going Back To Old Kentucky #224

    From October 1, 2010 through to the end of September 2011, we will, each day, celebrate the life of Bill Monroe by sharing information about him and those people who are associated with his life and music career. This information

  • Nechville to produce limited edition Phantom XXV

    Nechville Musical Products will celebrate Tom Nechville's 25 years of building innovative banjos with a special, limited-edition version of their popular Phantom model. Only 25 of these instruments will be built, which will be called the Nechville XXV. Tom says that

  • Kudos to Lee and Dan

    The winners of the 2011 International Songwriting Competition have been announced, and first place in the Instrumental category was awarded to a banjo tune! Gone Beserk, written by Lee Marcus and performed by Dan Menzone on his Frostbite CD, took the

  • Cherryholmes: so long and farewell

    Cherryholmes has had quite a run of late. Over the past ten years, we've watched them go from a cute family bluegrass band of teen siblings, to a writing, touring and recording powerhouse of serious pickers and singers with their

  • Gettysburg reports this weekend

    David Morris will be on the ground this weekend at the Gettysburg Bluegrass Festival, reporting back on the 62nd iteration of this popular Pennsylvania event. The festival has been going since 1979 when it was founded by Joe Cornett and his

  • I’m Going Back To Old Kentucky #223

    From October 1, 2010 through to the end of September 2011, we will, each day, celebrate the life of Bill Monroe by sharing information about him and those people who are associated with his life and music career. This information