It seems that the venerable Dennis The Menace comic strip has jumped on the banjo bandwagon - but not for the reason that most 5 stringers would admit. Yesterday's (4/9) panel finds Dennis wanting to take up the banjo because of
Bluegrass print media news
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Ralph Stanley in American Profile
A nice article on Ralph Stanley serves as the cover feature on this week's edition of American Profile, a print publication distributed in many US markets via newspaper insert. Writer Richard McVey visited with Dr. Ralph at last year's Jerusalem Ridge
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Steve, Earl and the New Yorker
Steve Martin continues to take the banjo and bluegrass music to places it would likely not otherwise be found. On The New Yorker's Culture Desk blog on Tuesday, Martin used his position in the arts community to pay homage to Earl
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Acoustic Guitar’s Essential Acoustic Albums of 2011
The editors and contributors of Acoustic Guitar magazine have compiled their personal lists of their favorite acoustic albums of 2011. Each contributor picked their ten top albums, making for a total of 100 CDs chosen. While a good many of
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Music From The True Vine
Among the books mentioned in the University of North Carolina Press Fall/Winter 2011 catalogue is Bill C. Malone’s biography, Music From The True Vine: Mike Seeger's Life & Musical Journey. The recently-deceased Seeger was the son of musicologists Charles and Ruth Crawford Seeger
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Noam makes the New Yorker
Noam Pikelny has had help from some unexpected sources when it comes to promoting his new album, Beat The Devil and Carry A Rail. First, the Punch Brothers banjoist was featured in an hilarious short film, created by his Hollywood pal
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Doc Watson – Blind But Now I See
Many musicians have carved out their own niches in folk music, but few have accomplished as much as one man from Deep Gap, North Carolina. In his latest book, Blind But Now I See: The Biography of Music Legend Doc
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Marc Pruett in October BNL
The cover of the October issue of Banjo NewsLetter features an elder statesman of the five string, and a brash young newcomer. Marc Pruett, currently working with Balsam Range, is the subject of a lengthy interview in this month's edition. It's
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Introducing Aaron Keith Harris
Aaron will be a regular columnist at Bluegrass Today, and his initial offering is particularly germane to the hot topic at this year's World Of Bluegrass. I came to love bluegrass music on the night of November, 7, 1997 on what
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Sarah Jarosz on Acoustic Guitar
Richard Thompson posted over the weekend about Sarah Jarosz being featured on the cover of the October issue of Acoustic Guitar magazine. I caught up with Sarah this afternoon in between her classes at the New England Conservatory to get her