Bluegrass instructional resources

With the technology we have today, students of bluegrass music have an embarrassing wealth of resources at their disposal as compared to those of us who tried to dissect the style a generation or two back. These days, many of

Tristan Scroggins, mandolinist with Jeff Scroggins & Colorado - and notoriously elegant stage dresser - has released an instrumental EP, with a transcription book for aspiring pickers to learn his licks. Both are titled Fancy Boy, and showcase his distinctive style

The IBMA's reigning Banjo Player of the Year, Ned Luberecki, has created a second instructional video for the Truefire platform. Following the December release of Bluegrass Banjo for Beginners, he has just released a new one for more experienced players,

Have there ever been so many resources available for people learning to play bluegrass music? Let me tell you, as someone who was following this path in the early 1970s, you were pretty much on your own back then. But

The Kentucky School of Bluegrass & Traditional Music in Hyden, KY got a nice plug this month from Governor Matt Bevin when he included the program in his We Are KY video series. Governor Bevin visited the school, located near the

The Midwest Banjo Camp, held on the campus of Olivet College in Olivet, Michigan will host their 15th annual event this June 6-9. A variety of instructional tracks are available, which include both old time and bluegrass banjo, plus 19th century

After three years running his successful mandolin camp near Myrtle Beach, SC, Alan Bibey has announced that he is expanding the offerings this summer for the 4th annual event by adding guitar instruction. Now rebranded as the Alan Bibey Mandolin and

Bluegrass songwriter Rick Lang has announced that the recipient of the 1st annual Rick Lang Music Scholarship is Alexis Hamilton-Mele. As a writer, Rick has had his songs recorded by dozens of bluegrass acts, from Junior Sisk to IIIrd Tyme Out,

If you are a student at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and want to get course credit for playing bluegrass, it's time to get it touch with the music department and sign up for the Bluegrass Ensemble

The Monroe Mandolin Camp, hosted the past five years by Mike Compton and Heidi Herzog, will also hold a series of Mini-Mon-Camp retreats in 2019 at various locations around the US. When they started, the focus was on presenting the music