Paul Sgroi, Jason Shaw, and Holten Doucette - winners at the 2021 National Flat-Picking Championship After being unable to host their 2020 competitions, the Walnut Valley Festival held its National Flat-Picking Championships this past weekend in Winfield, KS. Though named for
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Bluegrass banjo backup with Ron Block, Kristin Scott Benson, and Bill Evans
Most everyone who has studied bluegrass banjo will say that one of the most demanding aspects of mastering the style is learning the many ways to back up a vocalist or another instrumentalist in a band setting. Earl Scruggs, of
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Patrick Schut to The Loser Mountain Boys
Austria's Loser Mountain Boys have announced a new member, the youngest in the band's 40 year tenure. Patrick Schut, the 12 year old son of co-founder Denis Schut, has joined the group on lead guitar. He is taking the spot filled
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Bluegrass Beyond Borders: Swiss bluegrass with The Long John Brothers
It took the Swiss bluegrass band The Long John Brothers only a few years to get to the stage they're on now. First formed in 2012, their present line-up coalesced three years later, and remains the same today. The group
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Bricktown Banjo Bash added to Banjo Museum’s Banjo Fest
Oklahoma City will be the site of the inaugural Bricktown Banjo Bash, held next month as part of the American Banjo Museum's annual Banjo Fest. The Banjo Fest is held to honor each year's inductees into the Museum's Banjo Hall
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The Pick Band offers end to lost finger picks
Losing track of your picks can be maddening when the urge to play or practice hits, especially for new banjo or guitar pickers who haven't developed routines to manage them. And if you have cats in your house, forget about
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From The Side of the Road…. return to live shows haiku
For my band, Labor Day weekend marked the first return to playing in front of in-person audiences. Now, a few weeks later, after more festival dates and some real night-driving thrown in (Bean Blossom to Nashville in the wee hours),
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Gospel Plowboys welcome new banjoist, Peden Williams
North Carolina-based bluegrass Gospel group and Mountain Fever recording artists, The Gospel Plowboys, have acquired a new banjo picker, Peden Williams of Concord, NC. The 23-year-old is replacing Plowboys' banjoist, Charles Honeycutt, who had to step down from the position
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Video Premiere: This Page Won’t Turn from Lindley Creek
Lindley Creek, the singing Greer family from the Ozarks of Missouri, has been making waves of late in bluegrass circles based on the strength of their recent recordings and the vocal prowess of mandolinist Katie Greer. Along with her brother
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Video Premiere: Could I Knock on Your Door from Jeremy Stephens
Rebel Records has produced a music video for their single by Jeremy Stephens, Could I Knock On Your Door, taken from his recently-released album, How I Hear It. And how he hears it is in the old time way. Like with the