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  • IBMA Announces The Host For Award Show

    The IBMA has today announced that legendary bluegrass artist Del McCoury will act as the host at this year's International Bluegrass Music Award Show. The 19th...

  • The I in IBMA

    Recently the IBMA (International Bluegrass Music Association) announced details of this year's World of Bluegrass business conference, the Awards Show and Fan Fest, three events...

  • Bill Monroe and Ibanez mandolins

    We've been in contact this past weekend with the administrators of a new web site devoted to the Ibanez mandolins made in Japan during the...

  • Crowe, Cushman joins NashCamp staff

    J. D. Crowe and Charlie Cushman join Sonny Osborne, Alan Munde, Ned Luberecki, Bill Evans and Frank Neat to round out the teaching staff for...

  • Bill Evans: The Banjo in America

    Known far and wide as a scholar specializing in banjo music, Bill Evans is bring the banjo to America. Bill performs in variety of ensemble settings,...

  • Dave Freeman remembers

    In the latest edition of the County Sales Newsletter, #290, David Freeman, the founder of the longstanding and illustrious retail outlet "for bluegrass, old-time and...

  • American Banjo Museum moving

    The National Four-String Banjo Hall of Fame Museum is soon to undergo an complete makeover, including a relocation and a name change. Originally founded in 1998...

  • Joe Ross – Bluegrass Alphabet

    Oregon based multi-instrumentalist, Joe Ross has recently announced the release of a third album in as many years. Following Festival Time Again (released in 2006) and...

  • A Cracked Christmas tale

    Banjo picker Bill Evans, author of the popular Banjo For Dummies book, recalls his Christmas of the banjo... It was Christmas 1970 and, even though my...

  • Recording King Custom Shop

    The instrument company Recording King has recently opened a custom shop and is accepting orders for handcrafted banjos and acoustic guitars, in both the U.S....