Bluegrass instructional resources

Fiddler Brittany Haas, currently a member of Hawktail, Punch Brothers, and Crooked Still, has been awarded the 2025 Eisenson Family Prize for American Roots Music from the Berklee College of Music in Boston. The award comes from an endowed fund

Steve Cooley with Béla Fleck - photo courtesy Ashbourne Farms Morehead State University in Kentucky has announced the receipt of a $95,000 donation earmarked for a scholarship in honor of banjo legend and Kentucky native Steve Cooley. The school is the

Popular banjo player and educator Bennett Sullivan has come up with a unique instructional music festival which he is calling LickFest. It's set to run online February 22-23, and attendees will be able to spend 30 minute Demio sessions with

The Bluegrass, Old-Time, and Roots Music Studies program at East Tennessee State University, a part of the Appalachian Studies Department, is on the hunt for an Artist in Residence for the academic year starting in August 2025. ETSU boasts the oldest

Jeremy Chapman, mandolinist with The Chapmans and co-proprietor with his two brothers of The Acoustic Shoppe, a full-service bluegrass music store in Springfield, MO, has a new book with Hal Leonard titled Do-It-Yourself Mandolin. Like all of the books in Hal

The Infamous Stringdusters have joined forces with the Music Masters Collective to offer their top fans a unique opportunity to study with them for four days at the Full Moon Resort in upstate New York. Billed as Picker's Paradise, running June

David Foster, a popular dentist practicing just south of Nashville, sold his successful practice to focus his attention on building banjos and mandolins, and doing custom inlay work. That may sound a bit like something concocted for one of Chris

The Blue Ridge Center for Music & Creative Arts, located amongst Virginia's Shenandoah Mountains in Madison County, is completing its first year of operation, providing opportunities for creators and students to work and learn together. Founded in the summer of 2023,

Mountain Heritage at the KSBTM Winter Ensemble concert - photo © Roger Black The Kentucky School of Bluegrass and Traditional Music in Hyden, KY was the place to be on Thursday night, December, 12. Hyden has played host to the Osborne

Banjo meets techno! The Ron Block Banjo Workshop app is now available for cell phones, tablets, and computers. Designed for every level of musicianship, it has material help whether you're a beginner, intermediate, or advanced picker. The app offers plenty