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The long running and very popular Midwest Banjo Camp will convene in a new home this year. Organizers have set plans to host the 2023 Camp at Manchester University in North Manchester, IN, located in the north central part of the

Riley Gilbreath is an 18 year musician in Crowley, TX who is making noise on both the bluegrass and country scenes. His expressive voice, original songs, and skillful banjo and guitar playing have led him to be named The Next

By The Brook is the second single from Steve Bruce, the banjo pickin' preacher man from Tennessee whose recent album, What I Know Now, was recently reviewed at Bluegrass Today. Steve is pastor at Faith Way Assembly Of God in LaFollette,

This obituary is a contribution from Myrna Riquier, founder of the Still Pickin' trio, longtime volunteer at the Podunk Music Festival, and perhaps the oldest working bluegrass bassist in New England when she retired at 82 four years ago. Connecticut and

Most folks think of young bluegrass artist Anthony Howell as a banjo player, the position he holds with the Edgar Loudermilk Band. Many also remember him from that same role with Williamson Branch for several years. But in truth, Howell is

Mountain Fever Records has a new single this week for banjo picker Andy Lowe, one that comes from a wholly unexpected source. Lowe has been a prominent five stringer in the North Carolina and Virginia scenes for several years, and is

Ben Krakauer is a banjo player and composer, and an Assistant Professor of Music at Warren Wilson College in Swannanoa, NC. His academic specialty is in ethnomusicologist, and he holds a Ph.D. in ethnomusicology from the University of Texas at

Steve Skold, who performed for three decades as "Uncle Steve Crockett" with his Log Cabin Boys, has died at his home in Athens, NY. He was 74 years of age at the time of his passing on February 23. A popular

Terry Baucom and his Dukes of Drive are revisiting a song of the old country with the latest radio single from their current album, Here in the Country.   One Morning in May is an old English folk song that has been recorded

The 12 Bar Blues Pickups company in Connecticut has announced their latest model, a banjo pickup endorsed by Todd Taylor. 12 Bar Blues Pickups is a small, family business run by father and son Marshall and Jon Hammett. Their speciality is