Bluegrass instructional resources

The good folks at Nashville Acoustic Camps have announced a new offering to their lineup for this year. In addition to their weekend workshops for fiddle, mandolin, banjo, and guitar, they will hold a vocal camp in November for people

With banjoist Richard Ciferský's return to the Slovak Republic after a time in the US, he has created a touring duo with fiddler and vocalist Martin Burza. They have chosen to perform under the same name they had used in

Are you looking to learn to play the banjo, or studying it now in earnest, but have German as your primary language? Then Sebastian Schröder has the book for you! His newly-published Banjo Spielen!, which translates in English to Play Banjo!,

East Tennessee State University celebrated the successes of its newest graduates this past weekend during commencement ceremonies held on Saturday, May 6. Students from their Bluegrass, Old Time, and Country Music Studies joined over 2,000 other university graduates in the

Music Camps North in Charlton, MA has announced that they will offer three scholarships for this year's Banjo Camp North. The scholarship program is named for the late Mike Kropp, performer, advocate, and longtime friend to the northeastern banjo community,

Bobby Osborne, Lauren Price, and Scott Napier playing triple mandolins. Folks in the bluegrass world have certainly noticed the “Tremolo Tuesday” video segments that have been appearing on social media since March 2016. According to Scott Napier, the regular performances that

For more than one hundred years now, O'Neill's Music of Ireland has served as a definitive source for lovers of traditional Irish folk music, at least the instrumental dance tunes that have survived to this day. Ever since its first

Our friend Lluis Gomez, Spain's most prominent banjo picker, shared this report about their second annual Barcelona Bluegrass Camp. He says that the enrollment was up over 50% from last year, a great sign for bluegrass in western Europe. Saturday, March

We’ve recently learned of yet another university that has added bluegrass music to its curriculum. Students at Eastern Kentucky University, located in Richmond, KY, can now take part in a Bluegrass Ensemble through the University’s School of Music. According to the

Once again, the Dreadnaughts Unlimited Scholarship Fund will be raffling a professional quality acoustic guitar during Steve Kaufman's 2017 Acoustic Kamps in order to fund a full scholarship for one needy picker to attend the Kamp of their choice. This year