Author: John Lawless

  • Brandon Godman to New Found Road

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    Fiddler Brandon Godman has come onboard with New Found Road, effective this past weekend. He did his first shows with the band at the SPBGMA convention in Nashville - where they picked up an award for Gospel Group of the

  • Tony Trischka – Territory

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    Fresh off the success of his 2007 release, Double Banjo Bluegrass Spectacular - up for a Grammy Award this weekend - Tony Trischka has another ambitious recording due for release in March. Despite all the hoopla he generated with the Double

  • Server problems

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    We've been experiencing intermittent server issues since around mid-day on Sunday. Brance is on the trail of what brought them on, and we hope to have them resolved as soon as possible. Sorry for any connection problems you may have experienced.

  • 2008 SPBGMA Awards

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    There is no official posting of a winners list yet on the SPBGMA web site for Saturday night's 34th Annual Bluegrass Awards, but we did find them on Rhonda Vincent's message board. As has been the case of late, Rhonda and

  • Otis Taylor – Recapturing The Banjo

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    Students and fans of bluegrass and old time music, and a great many people with an interest in American folk music, know of the African roots of our beloved banjo. Academics and ethnomusicologists have written extensively on the topic, but

  • SPBGMA photos online

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    Our buddy Crawdaddy Dave (Dave Roye) will be posting photos and videos from the 2008 SPBGMA Convention in Nashville this weekend on his web site. He has already posted several videos from Thursday (1/31), including several hallway jams and a performance

  • Dannick introduces aluminum banjo tone ring

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    The American Made Banjo Co. will unveil their new lightweight banjo tone ring today at the SPBGMA convention in Nashville. The Aluminum Dannick tone ring came into being after American Made owner Tom Mirisola's search for a lighter banjo with a

  • Country Fried Bush

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    A movie and a mandolin...? Sam Bush will be the guest on Hazel Smith's Southern Fried Flicks on CMT this weekend. He'll join Hazel on her kitchen set for some cooking tips as she prepares some of her tasty dishes -

  • Sirius Super Pick Off

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    Starting this evening at 5:00 p.m., and running through the end of the game on Sunday night, Sirius Bluegrass will celebrate Super Bowl weekend with a bluegrass Pick Off. On-air hosts Chris Jones, Ned Luberecki and Joey Black have compiled the