Bluegrass Books Online has updated their site with new free lessons for guitar or mandolin. The lessons are done in the same manner as their Jam Tunes books, and the tab and MP3s for the new songs can be downloaded
Bluegrass instructional resources
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UT/Knoxville hosts banjo history exhibit
The University Of Tennessee at Knoxville's McClung Museum is currently hosting a Special Exhibit on the history of the banjo. Entitled The Banjo: From Africa to America and Beyond, the exhibit is a mix of art, photos, instruments and live
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IBMA Teacher Workshops in Denver/Boston
A number of IBMA sponsored teacher workshops are scheduled for the middle of February, designed to familiarize classroom teachers, school administrators, home school parents and education students with bluegrass music - and how they might incorporate it in their own
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Free Mandolin Tabs from Mike Compton
Mike Compton, one of the leading Monroe style mandolinists in the world today, has a section of his website devoted to providing free tablature and sheet music to his fans and admirers. Some of the tunes are standards like Billy
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Faculty recital at Berklee by August Watters, mandolinist
We have posted several times recently about Berklee College Of Music's acceptance of traditional stringed instruments like banjo and mandolin as principal instruments of study at the school. One of the architects of this change was August Watters, Associate Professor
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Brad Davis, Flatpicking The Blues DVD
Brad Davis' name should be familiar to regular readers of Bluegrass Today. He has served as one of our Guest Contributors, and we have posted a number of times about his various exploits as a performer, guitar instructor, songwriter and
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Bluegrass workshop weekend in Calgary
The Foothills Bluegrass Music Society in Calgary, Alberta is hosting their 1st Annual Chinookgrass Academy at the Sheraton Cavalier Hotel in Calgary on February 11-12, 2006. Instructors include Bill Evans (banjo), John Reischman (mandolin), Eric Thompson (guitar), Trisha Gagnon (bass),
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Red Henry on the Monroe Mandolin Camp
We posted last week about the Monroe Style Mandolin Camp which will be hosted this fall by the International Bluegrass Music Museum in Owensboro, KY. Among the instructors chosen for this new event is Red Henry, who passed along
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Bill Monroe Style Mandolin Camp in September ’06
The International Bluegrass Music Museum (IBMM) in Owensboro, KY will host a unique 3 day mandolin workshop this fall, the first of what they hope will become an annual event. The Monroe Style Mandolin Camp will be held September 8-10
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Help support young pickers at The Joe Val Festival
We received a note from Gerry Katz, with Boston Bluegrass Union, who promotes the annual Joe Val Bluegrass Festival in the Boston area. Gerry is looking for sponsors/underwriters to help them cover the costs of the children's' and young pickers'