Product Announcements

Serious collectors and students of pre war banjos, guitars and mandolins know this odd name - Kel Kroydon. It was the brand used by the Gibson company in the early 1930s for their wooden toy division, later used as a

Chicago-based Washburn Guitars has announced the debut of two new bluegrass instruments, aimed at players looking to move up to a professional grade axe, but with budget restrictions to consider. A new banjo, the B160, and a new mandolin, the M120,

We have tried to keep our readers informed about changes in the ways recorded music is distributed, as it is something that we think will be of interest to both consumers and producers of bluegrass music. The growth of the

We received a note from Mark Miracle, mandolinist with Mountain Therapy, about his original t-shirt designs, including one in support of the Bill Monroe postage stamp campaign. Mark's company is called Grassware, and they have a variety a bluegrass-themed apparel items

After more than ten years creating and publishing celebrated instructional materials for intermediate and advanced level banjo players, AcuTab Publications is releasing the first three DVDs in their new Learn To Play Bluegrass Banjo series for folks just getting started

Well, not entirely free. You have to purchase Roland White's Mandolin Christmas instructional book/CD. If you do, Roland will send you set of strings for free. This book has lyrics and mandolin and guitar chord diagrams in addition to easy

The 2006 Copper Creek Bluegrass Calendar is now available. Each year, the calendar chooses a different theme for the photographs, and each date shows birthdays of prominent bluegrass artists, both living and deceased, and important dates in the history of

A DVD highlighting the 2005 Poppy Mountain Bluegrass festival is now available from Keepsake Video Productions. The DVD disc is entitled The Poppy Experience. Not having seen the disc, we can't really comment of the content or the quality of

Running Dogs Publishing has just announced the second printing of its Jam Tunes books for bluegrass guitar and mandolin. Each volume is accompanied by two audio CDs featuring 25 tunes. Each tune consists of 3 practice tracks: slow with melody,

Steve Huber, owner and builder of the popular Huber Banjo line, has stepped back from performing to focus his attention on banjo production, and just played his last show with The Kenny & Amanda Smith Band. Steve expressed a mix