The Banjo Lounge will be hosting an online banjo workshop with Bill Keith on Octber 17. The workshop will run from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. (EST), and will be facilitated by their voice chat system. The fee to participate is
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Nashville Bids Goodbye to everybody’s favorite Uncle
This post is a contribution from Casey Henry. Casey is the daughter of banjo player and bluegrass entrepreneur, Murphy Henry, and an accomplished banjo player in her own right, as well as an experienced instructor. Currently Casey and her brother
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Randy Kohrs on Uncle Josh
Here is another remembrance of Uncle Josh Graves, who passsed away last Saturday (9/30) in Nashville after a long battle with a number of serious health concerns. It is from dobroist, and Graves devotee, Randy Kohrs. Upon hearing of Uncle Josh
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Vassar Clements Holiday Band DVD – Reminder
Farley Daniel wrote in and reminded us about the Vassar Clements Holiday Band DVD release party on October 14th at the Melting Point in Athens, GA. A couple of guests have been included in the lineup for the evening's performance. Fiddle
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Remembering Uncle Josh
Over the next few days, we hope to publish a number of brief tributes to Josh Graves from resonator guitarists whose own music was shaped in part by Josh's. This first comes from Mike Auldridge: Josh Graves influenced my life beyond mere
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Josh Graves Funeral Arrangements
We just received word concerning the funeral arrangements for Uncle Josh Graves. The funeral will be held at the Madison Funeral Home in Madison, TN. The visitation is today, October 2 from 2-8 pm and tomorrow from 10 am to 1
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Uncle Josh passes away
Dan Hayes, Executive Director of IBMA, was just by the booth here in the exhibit hall and was talking to John when his phone rang with the bad news. Josh Graves passed away this morning here in Nashville. Uncle Josh
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New lesson up at BanjoTrain.com
We just heard from our friend, Lee Kauffman, operator of the BanjoTrain web site, and banjo picker with Lonesome County, here to do some showcase shows during IBMA week. He wanted to let us know that he has a new lesson
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Chris Thile at IBMA
Surely a highlight of IBMA week for me so far was the showcase performance last night from Chris Thile & How To Grow A Band. (more photos here) Regular readers of Bluegrass Today will have noted that I have expressed great
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Infamous Stringdusters – no changes expected
One of the folks I had a chance to speak with yesterday was Chris Pandolfi, banjo player with The Infamous Stringdusters. He told me that their new CD is on track for an early '07 release on Sugar Hill Records,