Bluegrass instructional resources

  • Jens Kruger visits Berklee

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    Swiss-born North Carolina banjo wizard Jens Kruger spent two days earlier this week at the Berklee College of Music in Boston, sharing his wisdom with the banjo students there. His visit was sponsored by the Berklee American Roots Music Program,

  • The Bluegrass Project

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    Thanks to a grant from The Foundation For Bluegrass Music, The Gaston School of the Arts in Gastonia, North Carolina will be hosting The Bluegrass Project on October 14-15, 2011. The project consists of activities for both students and teachers,

  • Andy Hall to Artistworks Academy of Bluegrass

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    This is a huge week for bluegrass in Nashville with the IBMA World of Bluegrass Conference in town. Many folks will be making a push at the business exhibition portion of the event. Including themselves this year is the Artistworks Academy

  • Bearfoot in the schools

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    Bearfoot has just released an online video, highlighting a recent visit the band made to both an elementary and high school in Gillette, Wyoming this past February. The group was created in Alaska some years ago as a result of just

  • ETSU Pride Band for 2011-12

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    The Bluegrass Pride Band, the elite performing group of the Bluegrass, Old Time & Country Music program at the East Tennessee State University, made their debut performance for the 2011-2012 academic year on Friday (8/26) in Kingsport, TN. The school offers

  • Skills & Techniques videos with Casey Driessen

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    Casey Driessen, he of the wicked fiddle chop, is offering a series of  instructional videos for download from his web site, starting in September. The five lessons will each deal with one aspect of Casey's highly distinctive accompaniment style, starting with

  • Home recording webinar from IBMA

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    Next Tuesday (8/16), IBMA will host another in its ongoing series of webinars for bluegrass professionals, this one specifically geared towards home recording enthusiasts. Recording Acoustic Instruments in your Home Studio will be led by Joe Weed, a producer, recording artist

  • New from Mel Bay

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    Mel Bay Publications has a number of new books that will be of interest to students of bluegrass music. All are written by noted bluegrass instructors (Janet Davis, Joe Carr and Steve Kaufman), and are available for download purchase as

  • Wes Corbett to Berklee

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    The Berklee College of Music in Boston has announced that Wes Corbett has been hired as a banjo instructor, joining David Hollender in that capacity at the school. Corbett will serve as an Associate Professor on a part time basis,