Bluegrass instructional resources

The students in the Bluegrass, Old Time & Country Music Studies program at East Tennessee State University got quite a lesson today when they all attended a seminar and performance with The Earls of Leicester this afternoon in Johnson City. The band

Iconic mandolinist Buddy Merriam has released a follow-up edition of his mandolin book, titled Back Roads Mandolin, Volume Two. It contains transcriptions of 32 more of his original tunes for the mandolin, presented in both standard notation and tablature, along with a number of

If there's one main thing that unites bluegrass lovers outside of the music, it could well be fishing. Get a handful of pickers together and the conversation is likely to slide towards a variety of outdoor sports activities, with hunting

Once again in 2016, Dreadnoughts Unlimited will award need and age-based scholarships to attend the Steve Kaufman Acoustic Kamps in Maryville, TN. These week-long residence workshops offer intensive, hands-on music education for bluegrass and old time musicians looking to up their

Music Camps North, who host the ever-popular Banjo Camp North and Mandolin Camp North each year, have named Phil Zimmerman as their new Director. The camps are held in Charlton, Massachusetts with a wide variety of instructors brought in to teach

Paul Kowert, the remarkable young bassist with Punch Brothers, has signed on as a guest instructor with ArtistWorks, who offers online instruction for a variety of string instruments and styles. He has prepared nearly two dozen lessons for advanced players which

The Bluegrass, Old Time, and Country music studies program at East Tennessee State University in Johnson City has announced the six newest graduates from their department, and two who received advanced degrees at the Fall commencement on December 12. Baccalaureate degrees

There's not much you can get for $0.99 these days. If you are a banjo player, you'd be lucky to get a single banjo string for a buck, much less a new pick, or some new licks to learn. But wait...

The 2015 Houston Caldwell Scholarship to Rob Ickes' 9th annual ResoSummit, held November 12-15 in Nashville, went to 15-year-old Adam Birkeland from Duluth, MN. Each year Rob and his ResoSummit co-produer Betty Wheeler, choose a young picker of special merit to attend the weekend

Among the many interesting people we met this year at the World of Bluegrass convention were Damon Postle and Danny Bermel, a pair of doctoral students at the University of Georgia. They are in the process of developing pre-service teacher training in