Mel Bay Publications' latest banjo instruction manual is one that any serious three finger player could benefit from adding to their collection. The title is quite a mouthful, The Complete Tune Playing Toolkit for 5-String Banjo - A Comprehensive Guide to Mastering
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Orange Blossom Breakdown, new single from Mike Compton
Mandolin hero and devoted Bill Monroe conservationist Mike Compton has released a new single from his upcoming album, Rare & Fine - Uncommon Tunes of Bill Monroe, expected in early March. The project is just what the title implies, a collection
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Who’s Gonna Tell The story from Lorraine Jordan & Carolina Road
Pinecastle Records has a new single this week for Lorraine Jordan & Carolina Road, one in keeping with the band's habit of lamenting the passing of the old ways in bluegrass music. Lorraine's True Grass album from 2018 set a tone
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Talking To Myself from Milan Miller
Noted bluegrass songwriter Milan Miller has a turn as a singer as well this week in a new single from Melton & Miller Music, his label partnership with Buddy Melton of Balsam Range. This one is entitled Talking To Myself, written
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Skyline Records launches, signs Nick Dumas
Nashville has a new bluegrass label! Skyline Records will focus primarily on the grass, with a secondary interest in country, folk, and Americana music. As their first artist, Skyline has signed Nick Dumas, mandolinist and vocalist who had recently spent four
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Wildlands drops for Summer & Bray
Despite their youth, Summer & Bray have been familiar faces on the bluegrass scene for more than a decade. Many of us watched siblings Summer and Brayden McMahan grow up in their family band, Mountain Faith, when they were just teenagers.
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DCBU names winners of Hazel Dickens Songwriting Contest
The DC Bluegrass Union has announced winners of the annual Hazel Dickens Songwriting Contest. The list contains a number of writers well known in bluegrass and Americana circles. First prize and $500 was awarded to John Cloyd Miller for the song
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Aidan McGale remembered
Aidan McGale, a member of the country and bluegrass band, the Knotty Pine String Band, passed away on Tuesday, December 21, 2021. He was 66 years old. McGale grew up a first cousin of the legendary Paul Brady in 'Sweet Omey
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Common Ground – new single from Shannon Slaughter
Alabama bluegrass singer and songwriter Shannon Slaughter has a new single this week, Common Ground, along with a music video to accompany it. This time the song comes not from Slaughter's pen, but from someone he has gotten to know through
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Track Premiere: I’ll Be Good from Birds of Play
In addition to a clever name, Colorado's Birds of Play also have a unique contemporary stringband sound that blends elements of bluegrass and old time traditions with original compositions. The group, consisting of Alex Paul on guitar and mandolin, Eric Shedd