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We heard this morning from Tennessee banjo picker Daniel Grindstaff, who has worked of late with Marty Raybon and Bobby Osborne. He shared some happy news from he and his wife, Kristen. "Daniel Finn Grindstaff arrived June 14th, right on his due

Gruhn Guitars opened for business in their new location on Saturday (6/15), across town from their long time home on Broadway in downtown Nashville. What is now an international destination for lovers of fine fretted stringed instruments started far more humbly on

Here's our Special Bluegrass Correspondent with a report from the 42nd Annual Bluegrass and Old Time Fiddlers Convention held June 7-8  in Mt. Airy, NC.  

Murphy Henry has announced that scholarship assistance is available for her first-ever Women's Banjo Camp, scheduled to run July 19-21 at the Courtyard Marriott in Winchester, VA. Instruction will be provided by Henry and her daughter, Casey. Free tuition is being offered

We've written once before about Bennett Sullivan, a North Carolina banjo player now plying his trade in New York City. At the time we were covering his Kickstarter campaign to use crowd sourcing to finance recording a project of his original

Jiri Marlalous is a Czech banjo player and app developer who has merged his two passions in Banjo Rolls Trainer, a practice aid available for Apple iOS devices. It is designed to make roll drills more enjoyable for banjo pickers, especially

The Famous Old Time Music Company, owned and operated by by grassers Vernon and Kitty McIntyre since 1983 in Ohio, has closed its doors. Once serving the acoustic music community in the central US from two locations, providing lessons, repairs,

Just ahead of next week's release of their next album, Gypsy Runaway Train, The Roys have announced that Daniel Patrick will be touring with the band on banjo. Only 18 years old, Daniel already has more than a decade's experience playing with

Calling all intrepid photographers. Do you play banjo also? How about a trip to the home of the banjo, Africa? And why not enjoy the sights and sounds of an African safari and, at the same time, improve your banjo

Anyone who's played even a little bit of banjo has heard repeated requests for Dueling Banjos - even when playing by themselves. The tune was initially recorded as Fuedin' Banjos, a duet between a tenor and 5 string banjo, by author Arthur