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Alan Munde is back home after undergoing an emergency quintuple bypass last Tuesday (11/22). He was resting when I called just a few minutes ago, but his wife Kitty shared a few details for Alan's many fans and friends worldwide. "We brought

We have learned that Alan Munde, among bluegrass music's cleverest banjo players, underwent successful coronary bypass surgery earlier today. According to his wife Kitty, Alan is feeling well and is expected to recover nicely. Here's hoping we see him back on stage

This review of An Evening In The Village: The Music of Béla Bartók is a contribution from David Hollender, Professor at the Berklee College of Music. Hollender teaches individual banjo lessons at Berklee, and leads a number of ensembles. The cover of

Deering Banjos and Dana and Lauren (of Malibu Storm & Shankman Twins) have joined forces in a banjo giveaway. All you need to do to have a chance of winning is to visit Dana and Lauren’s Facebook page and ‘Like’ the

The good folks at the various Hangout sites have introduced a new feature: teacher directories. All four sites (Banjo Hangout, Fiddle Hangout, Reso Hangout, Flatpicker Hangout) now have searchable directories of instrumental teachers, with listings offered at no charge to instructors

Complete banjo transcriptions from the debut Boxcars CD are now available for download purchase from Ron Stewart's web site. And I do mean complete. Each of the album's 13 tracks are transcribed start to finish - solos and backup alike. Russell Sawler

Béla Fleck & the Flecktones were musical guests on last night's (11/14) episode of Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, performing in support of their new album, Rocket Science. additionally, Béla sat in with the show's band thoughout. During the program, they played Life

Before reading this installment of Blue Yodel, you may want to (re)visit a recent reference by John Lawless to an article written by columnist Joe Queenan in the Wall Street Journal. Dear Joe Queenan, I'm writing from the year 2111—a full 100

A suitably attired Lonesome River Band delivered another big shot in the arm for bluegrass music with an impeccable performance of Molly (Where's Your Man Tonight), a song that the band recorded for their No Turning Back album, released in

Or just riven by banjo envy? Author, reviewer and columnist Joe Queenan has taken to the pages of the Wall Street Journal to expose his hatred of all things banjo. His unburdening was putatively inspired by the recent PBS airing of