• Casey Driessen’s China trip photos online

    Last month, we passed along some information about The Sparrow Quartet's lengthy tour of China. The quartet includes Abigail Washburn and Bela Fleck on banjo, Casey Driessen on fiddle, and Ben Sollee on cello. Casey created a slide show of photos

  • Bill Evans – Banjo For Dummies

    No one who has attended one of Bill Evans' banjo workshops, or studied using one of his popular AcuTab banjo DVDs, would ever accuse him of being a dummy. In addition to his prominent work in music as a teacher,

  • Today is a very sad day

    Me and Scottie and our son Martin are heading out this morning for Va. Poor Scottie is so sad, but what do you say to someone when something like this happens. Were gonna miss Dempsey soooo much.

  • Homer Ledford passes

    The Cincinnati Enquirer has an obituary in today's edition for noted instrument builder, Homer Ledford, who died this past Monday evening. He is credited with building hundreds of fine banjos and guitars, and will also be remembered for his work with

  • Dempsey Young in The Roanoke Times

    There is a nice remembrance of Dempsey Young in today's edition of The Roanoke Times. Allen Mills reflects briefly on missing his friend, and Herschel Sizemore comments on Dempsey's unique approach to the mandolin. Read the article on The Roanoke Times

  • Dempsey Young

    I am so heart broke about Dempsey. Me and Scottie just cant believe that he is gone. It's gonna be hard on Scottie, Allen and Ronald to go on without Dempsey, and it will never be the same when I

  • A message from Lost & Found

    Allen Mills of The Lost & Found asked that we post this for him, in response to the many folks who have expressed condolences regarding the death on Sunday morning of their dear friend and bandmate, Dempsey Young. The out-pouring of

  • Dempsey Young Memorial Fund

    In our earlier post about the untimely passing of Dempsey Young, I made reference to a fund being established for the benefit of his family. That fund is now in place, and contributions can be sent to: Dempsey Young Memorial Fund c/o

  • Free weekly email newsletter for luthiers

    Dan Erlewine, noted luthier and product development specialist for Stewart-MacDonald, has launched a new email newsletter called Trade Secrets. Dan described the newsletter as a mix of product and technical info. Subscribers get problem-solving tips, helpful how-to articles, first dibs on exciting