Category: News & Industry Updates

Basic Music Theory for Banjo Players from Mel Bay

Mel Bay Publications has released a new book (with online audio and video) to help five string banjo players develop an…

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Kameryn Lewis, Mountain Fever scholarship winner for 2018

Mountain Fever Records has announced the winner of their initial Higher Learning Scholarship, which awards a one-time, $1000 scholarship to a graduating…

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Rick Lang scholarship endowed at ETSU

Noted bluegrass songwriter Rick Lang, and his wife, Wendy, have endowed a scholarship for students in the Bluegrass, Old Time, and…

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Folk Music in Overdrive: A Primer on Traditional Country and Bluegrass Artists

Bluegrass music historians and students have been aware of Dr Ivan M Tribe since the mid-1970s when he had articles about…

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Bluegrass Ambassadors podcast launches online

Ben Wright, banjo player with Chicago’s Henhouse Prowlers, has launched a new monthly podcast called Bluegrass Ambassadors, in support of the…

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2018 winners for the Circa Blue Fest Songwriting Contest

The winners of the 2018 Circa Blue Fest Songwriting Contest have been announced ahead of next weekend’s festival in Martinsburg, WV….

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IBMA announces Songwriter Showcase participants

The International Bluegrass Music Association has announced the participants in their 2018 Songwriters Showcase, to take place in Raleigh, NC during…

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Uncle Dave Macon – Dixie Dewdrop revealed

One of early Country music’s most flamboyant characters was Uncle Dave Macon, born David Harrison Macon, but better-known as “The Dixie…

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Deering introduces Rustic Wreath banjo

Deering has introduced a new model in its Golden Series line called the Rustic Wreath, designed to capture some of the…

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And To Think That I Saw It At Bean Blossom

I wanted to begin this week by answering some concerns raised in the comments section and elsewhere about some of the…

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