On This Day …. On July 14, 1956, Richard Underwood was born in Seabrook, Maryland. The 57 year old is best known for his hard-driving banjo playing for the Johnson Mountain Boys, that great neo-traditional band of the 1980s. Underwood first experienced bluegrass
Harry Lane, noted boutique banjo builder, and artisan craftsman, passed away early Tuesday morning (7/9) in Savannah, GA after a brief and ultimately terminal battle with brain cancer. He was 72 years of age, born December 1, 1941 as Raymond
If you play a stringed instrument - and we know that a large percentage of our readers do - you may already be familiar with the Colorado Case Company. They have been making custom cases, gig bags and case covers
OK... so it's a day late, but the sentiment is still fresh. Our pal Danny "Hootenany" Clark stopped by Leroy Troy's place yesterday and filmed him performing this patriotic medley on clawhammer banjo. Well played, sir.
Darin & Brooke Aldridge have another new face in the band. In addition to Becky Buller, who came aboard recently to play fiddle and share in the vocals, they have announced that Tyler Collins as their new banjo player. Tyler is
If you've caught a Junior Sisk show this past few years, or heard his last two records, you know what a blistering banjo picker he has in Jason Davis. This month, at the age of 23, Davis is seeing his second
Beginner Classes for Adults – get the right start or review the fundamentals In Vermont’s Green Mountains, the Jenny Brook Bluegrass Festival took place June 27-30 in the farming village of Tunbridge. Lest you think this is just some wide spot
Subtitled Fiddle and Banjo from Lookout Mountain, Tennessee, Fine Times at Fletcher’s House, featuring the fiddle of Fletcher Bright and the banjos of Bill Evans, was released earlier this month (June 18). Recorded at 81 year old Fletcher Bright’s Tennessee mountain
Some of today’s most enjoyable folk music comes from British Columbia husband-and-wife duo Pharis and Jason Romero. Their 2011 debut, A Passing Glimpse, was a beautifully understated album of old-time tunes, and their new release, Long Gone Out West Blues,
Kenny Sloas, banjo player with the Sloas Brothers band and the Dixie Play Boys, passed away on Thursday morning, June 20. William McKinley ‘Kenny’ Sloas, 78 of Isonville, Kentucky, was born September 4, 1934. He was one of six brothers all
