We have posted many times about the online magazine, Silver Strings, published monthly by Angie Sumpter for new pickers getting started on banjo later in life. Angie puts herself in that category, and started the magazine after meeting other folks
Online resources and features
The Nashville Nobody Knows – Gibson Brothers
The latest interview featured on The Nashville Nobody Knows is with the Gibson Brothers. This week Candace interviews Leigh and Eric Gibson, a brothers duo from northern New York state. Fab sibling harmony, great original songs, great covers, and
Becky Buller on Songwriter Chat
The guest for tonight's Song Writer Chat at Bluegrass Guide's web site will be Becky Buller. The chat starts at 8:00 p.m. and instructions to log in can be found on their web site. Becky currently is the fiddler with Valerie
New Little House CD due from Sound Art
A popular release for Sound Art Recordings was last year's Happy Land - Musical Tributes to Laura Ingalls Wilder, which featured an overview of traditional string and folk music that figured in the various Wilder books. One of the touches
Bryan Sutton on WNCW tomorrow
Bryan Sutton will be the in-studio guest on this week's Goin' Across The Mountain show on WNCW 88.7 from Spindale, NC. Bryan and his dad, Jerry, will join host Dennis Jones to pick a few tunes and talk about the
Cherryholmes on The Opry 4/8
Cherryholmes will appear on The Grand Ole Opry radio show this Saturday, as will Bobby Osborne & The Rocky Top Express. You can hear Cherryholmes during the 8:00-8:30 p.m. and 11:30-midnight slots. Bobby will be on during the 8:30-9:00 p.m.
Three Ring Circle video on Woodsongs
We've previously mentioned the new CD from Three Ring Circle, a side project for Blue Highway dobro man Rob Ickes, Kentucky Thunder fiddler/mandolinist Andy Leftwich, and Nashville studio bass session stalwart Rob Pomeroy. Rob emailed yesterday to let us know
Lonesome River Band adds last free audio track
The last of five free audio tracks from Lonesome River Band is available for download on the band's web site. Sammy Shelor decided to put these full length tracks up on the site in February of this year as a
April BanjoNewsletter
The April 2006 issue of Banjo NewsLetter has been mailed, and most subscribers should have it in the next few days if they haven't seen it already. Editor Donald Nitchie tells us that this issue contains Greg Cahill's interview with
Gibson Brothers video on YouTube
We mentioned a few weeks ago that The Gibson Brothers' music video for I Got A Woman had been released, and was showing on CMT.com. It has now also been made available on YouTube - great news for Mac computer