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  • Deering Crow banjo hits the road

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    Steve Martin may not have taken home the IBMA Banjo Player of the Year Award, but he is taking his own Deering Goodtime Banjo model with him on the road this month. Deering has created a special headstock brand for

  • IBMA Red Carpet #3

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    This is the third in our series of 2009 Red Carpet videos. These were filmed immediately prior to the IBMA Award Show. This one features Katy Daley interviewing Jason Burleson of Blue Highway. http://media.libsyn.com/media/thegrasscast/jason_burleson.flv

  • Mike Sumner to Dale Ann Bradley

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    Yesterday we had news about Terry Baucom departing Dale Ann Bradley's band, and today we have word about Mike Sumner stepping in to fill the void. Mike is a two-time winner of the prestigious National Banjo Championship in Winfield, KS. His

  • Steve Martin sets BU afire

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    Steve Martin graces the cover of the October issue of Bluegrass Unlimited, being mailed to subscribers this week. The hilarious image is one that Martin had considered for the cover of his new banjo CD, The Crow. Inside the magazine is

  • Terry Baucom ready to mash

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    Terry Baucom has announced that he will be leaving Dale Ann Bradley's band to focus on a number of other performing opportunities for 2010. He will continue to play banjo on the Mountain Heart with Tony Rice shows, and will also

  • Winfield Winners 2009

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    The Walnut Valley Festival in Winfield, Kansas is now over, along with the national level competitions so closely associated with the festival. The winners of the contests have been announced via email, but are not currently featured on the festival website.

  • Buster Sexton to Patent Pending

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    Patent Pending has announced that Buster Sexton has joined the band on banjo, a change necessitated by the sudden passing of founding member Jim Steptoe on August 30. Buster has worked with a number of popular bluegrass groups in Virginia, including

  • Checking in with Chris Pandolfi

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    I had a chance to speak with Chris Pandolfi of The Infamous Stringdusters today, and he caught me up on a couple of projects he is working on going into the Fall. The band is heading into the studio next

  • The Great North Strum

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    A lot of readers were touched by the story of banjo teacher Patrick Costello regaining his hearing with an implant that transmits sound directly to the cochlea via bone conduction. After reading the story earlier this month, Mark Davies contacted