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FiddleFork now offering audio and video downloads
FiddleFork Online is a popular web community frequented by fiddlers, and students of the instrument. The site features content of interest to string musicians including an active bulletin board style discussion forum. FiddleFork has over 7500 registered members and is
Chicago Tribune’s Top 10 Bluegrass CDs of 2005
Chicago Tribune columnist, and long-time bluegrass fan, David Royko is back with his annual list of the Best Recordings in Bluegrass for 2005. This year's list includes some old and new, as Royko mentions both new releases and a couple
Professional development workshop for young string players
The Weill Music Institute at Carnegie Hall is offering a fabulous opportunity for exceptional young bowed and fretted string musicians as a part of their Professional Training Workshops series. Entitled The Edgar Meyer Workshop: Porous Borders of Music, the workshop
Pickin’ On Def Leppard – win a free CD
We just got a note from the guys in Cornbread Red about their recent release on CMH Records, Pickin' On Def Leppard - A Bluegrass Tribute. A mention of the CD has showed up on the official Def Leppard web
American Banjo Camp – September ’06
The 4th Annual American Banjo Camp, run by Ken Perlman and Peter Langston, is now accepting registration for the 2006 sessions. Intense instruction is offered in both old time and bluegrass banjo, with plenty of opportunities for jamming as well.
3 Fox Drive on brief CA tour in early ’06
3 Fox Drive will be headed west next month, with a number of show dates in California in mid-January of '06. The Nashville-based bluegrass band will be stopping in Tuolomne, Berkeley, Los Gatos and Redding between January 18-21. They will be
New from IIIrd Tyme Out in ’06
We have word from Steve Dilling of IIIrd Tyme Out about a number of new releases from the band expected in 2006. They filmed a live show last month at the Mountain Arts Center in Prestonburg, KY - the venue where
New beginner banjo DVDs from AcuTab
After more than ten years creating and publishing celebrated instructional materials for intermediate and advanced level banjo players, AcuTab Publications is releasing the first three DVDs in their new Learn To Play Bluegrass Banjo series for folks just getting started
King Wilkie on MySpace
Bluegrass hipsters King Wilkie have created a page on the popular web community, myspace.com. If you are already a member of myspace.com, you can join other King Wilkie fans and friends online, share comments and subscribe to the band's blog. myspace.com