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Andy Thorn, banjo player with Leftover Salmon, is also getting into the Christmas music this year with a new album of seasonal tunes called High Country Holiday. Taking advantage of his recent social media attention attracting foxes with his banjo

Deering Banjos has come up with a creative way to celebrate Giving Tuesday, auctioning three banjos for charity, in conjunction with several of their endorsing artists. Giving Tuesday is a relatively new movement, launched in 2012, as an opportunity to promote

Most people who have followed the work of banjo performer and instructor Bill Evans think of him as a west coast guy. That makes sense, as he has lived most of his adult life in the Bay Area of California. But,

Banjo picker Anthony Howell has a Christmas single on offer this year, his version of the English carol, Hark The Herald Angels Sing, surely among the most popular Christmas hymns of the past 300 years. A multi-instrumentalist and singer, Howell currently

Prolific bluegrass podcaster Evan Dickerson has just started a new show, which he calls Talking Bluegrass Albums or Songs. It takes a different angle from his original show, The Evan Dickerson Bluegrass Talk Show, which is centered on individual artists

Noted banjo instructor, and current banjo picker with Woody Platt and Zoe & Cloyd, Bennet Sullivan, has launched a new instructional series online, DailyBanjoLicks.com. The concept couldn't be simpler. For a low monthly fee of $8, subscribers get a new lick

Tim Ellis and his wife, Roxanne, celebrate his 65th birthday - photo © Bill Warren Southeast Michigan has been blessed with a number of musicians that made "the big time."  Tim Ellis is one of those who had the opportunity of traveling

Mel Bay has released a new book that will be of interest to all players of old time string music. It's titled Dan Levenson's Master Collection of Old Time Tunes - Over 300 tunes in standard notation for all instruments, written

The midwestern bluegrass community has been stunned and deeply saddened by the tragic death of talented young banjo player Mason Ruble, who died on October 21 in a tragic automobile accident. Mason was 20 years of age, and passed just

5-string banjo picker, down-home humorist, and entertainer extraordinaire Buck Trent passed away in Branson, Missouri, on October 9, 2023 (aged 85).   Charles Wilburn 'Buck' Trent was born in Spartanburg, South Carolina, on February 17, 1938. He was a precocious talent even