Bluegrass instructional resources

Those of us bluegrass veterans who have been playing since the 1960s or '70s are given to occasional wonder at the many innovations that have occurred in instructional technology since we learned to play bluegrass. While a few may grouse

Tony Trischka leads a banjo class at the initial Ashoken Bluegrass Camp - photo by Stewart Dean The Ashokan Center in New York recently hosted their initial bluegrass camp, after successfully holding instructional camps for old time, klezmer, and other forms

Patton Wages with Volume Five - photo by Ted Lehmann Pickers in north Georgia have a great new opportunity to study with a top pro player. Patton Wages, banjo player with Volume Five, will be teaching at Acoustic Cellar Guitars in Clarkesville

The IBMA Foundation, the charitable and fundraising arm of the International Bluegrass Music Association, has announced a new scholarship opportunity to recognize developing academic scholars researching or studying bluegrass music. Named in honor of Neil Rosenberg, Ph.D., an early and preeminent historian

Last week in Hyden, KY, Hazard Community and Technical College held the second of hopefully many editions of the Bobby Osborne Mandolin Roundup. Host and organizer Scott Napier of Lost and Found and The Price Sisters shared this overview of how

Things seem to be going well for the bluegrass ensemble at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. They have just announced an opening for an adjunct faculty position for a fiddle instructor, starting this fall semester. The Carolina Bluegrass

How much progress are you making in jam sessions? Have you got all the development aids that you need? Well, will a songbook - the words to the tunes that you are trying to conquer – be helpful?  Published songbooks aren’t as

Some things seem destined to be mysterious. For beginning bluegrassers, figuring out how to play a solo is one of those things. Now fiddle and mandolin player and teacher Nate Lee from the Becky Buller Band is here to sweep away

Glenville State College in West Virginia is doing a soft open at the new home for their Bluegrass Program later this afternoon.  Located on top of a hill near downtown Glenville, GSC is proud of being the first accredited school to offer

Mel Bay Publications has released a new book (with online audio and video) to help five string banjo players develop an understanding of music theory, in a fun and non-intimidating fashion. Basic Music Theory for Banjo Players was written by Rick