• New member of the IIIrd Tyme Out family

    W just saw a note on the IIIrd Tyme Out web site that fiddler Justen Haynes and his wife Melanie celebrated the birth of their daughter, Natalie Jean Haynes, on September 11, 2006. Congratulations to the happy new parents!

  • SoundExchange Unpaid Artists and Labels

    SoundExchange is a nonprofit performance rights organization (PRO) jointly controlled by artists and sound recording copyright owners (labels). While other PRO's collect and distribute royalties for live performance, radio broadcast, etc., SoundExchange does so for noninteractive digital

  • Dobro Collection For Sale

    Over the weekend Boing Boing reported that John and Rudy Dopyera's collection of instruments is for sale in its entirety. The Dopyera brothers are best known as the inventors of the Dobro, which is how the instrument got it's name.

  • Kentucky Bluegrass Allstars

    The International Bluegrass Music Museum is announcing a new program it's calling the Kentucky Bluegrass Allstars Lesson Program. The program offers instruction on fiddle, guitar, mandolin, and banjo. The lesson are held at the Bluegrass Museum in Owensboro, KY. Assistant Director

  • Banjo Guinness Record photos

    As promised, John Drummond sent along some photos of the Guinness Record event last night at Turner Field in Atlanta. They were all taken by Bill Massey. Here the 238 banjo players who participated in the event run through their group

  • New Guinness Book record for banjo pickers

    Well, they did it! We have posted several times this summer about plans by the folks at Banjo.com to obtain a listing in The Guinness Book of World Records to honor Earl Scruggs. Yesterday in Atlanta, they succeeded, and the record

  • Happy Birthday Bill

    We recently had some great posts reflecting on and remembering the life and career of Bill Monroe. Those posts were published on the anniversary of his death. Today is Bill's birthday and thought we should remember that as well. So... Happy

  • Guinness banjo attempt in Atlanta today

    We have told you previously about the folks at Banjo.com in Atlanta, and their attempt to set the Guinness Record for Largest Musical Ensemble - using banjo players. That record attempt, dubbed A Tribute To Earl Scruggs, is scheduled for