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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,

The Chris Thile music video we teased about in October has been released, and can be viewed on CMT.com. It's for the song Dead Leaves and the Dirty Ground from his How To Grow A Woman From The Ground CD. The

The International Bluegrass Music Museum in Owensboro, KY is offering a special bonus for anyone enrolling or renewing a membership during 2006. It's a 90 minute DVD of the Legends Concert at their River Of Music Party in 2005. It

Dennis Jones over at WNCW has let us know that the station is running a contest for their Top 100 list of 2006. All you have to do is visit the station's website and cast your votes for your favorite

The Banjo Lounge will be hosting an online workshop with progressive banjo player Ryan Cavanaugh on December 17 at 3:00 p.m. (EST) The workshop will be conducted using their online chat system, and there is no charge to join the

The New York Times recently (Nov 28, 2006) ran an article titled String Theory: New Approaches to Instrument Design. You do have to register in order to read the article, but it's free and painless. The story's focus is on

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

Richard Harrington, of the Washington Post, wrote a story entitled The 12 Discs of Christmas, and Rhonda Vincent's Christmas CD, Beautiful Star: A Christmas Collection, is one of the 12. Harrington obviously enjoyed Rhonda's CD as he said some very nice

Listen now: (IE users click to activate) This week on The GrassCast our guest if award winning dobro player Phil Leadbetter. Phil has been in the news lately because of the formation of a new band of which he's a

Tim Shelton of NewFound Road has written in to let us know that the band will be featured on Sirius Satellite Radio tomorrow, Saturday December 9th, with host Ned Luberecki. The program will air at 7 PM EST on the