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Ace banjo player Jake Schepps sent along this fascinating report from his recent trip to Borneo with the Jeff and Vida Band, along with some photos and a video. Two weeks ago, the Jeff and Vida Band performed at the 12th annual

Pete Wernick, Dr. Banjo to you and me, was the subject of a recent video segment for TimesCall.com, the online home of the Longmont Daily Times-Call, Pete's hometown paper. The video visits Pete at his banjo practice cabin, which he built

Our friends at ukbluegrass.com have really started a ruckus... In their post about We Banjo 3, an Irish quartet, they once again raise the spectre of the banjo band. The group features 3 - and sometimes 4 - banjos playing at

Deering has reintroduced their popular Sierra banjo, with a new inlay pattern in the neck. The Sierra is Deering's least expensive tone ring banjo ($2699), making it perhaps the lowest priced professional model banjo made in the US. It is offered

Homespun has just released a banjo tab book to accompany Steve Martin's recent CD, The Crow. The 40 page book contains transcriptions for Steve's opening breaks or primary solos on all 15 tunes, plus Tony Trischka's harmony banjo parts for the

Is the banjo a ferocious predator? It seems so. Three new species of dinosaurs have been discovered in Australia. The three were named after the Australian poet Banjo Paterson and characters in his poetry (Waltzing Matilda). The dino named Banjo is said

Paige Musical Products has announced that the latest iteration of their popular Paige Capo, The Clik, will be unveiled at the Summer NAMM Show in Nashville later this month. Like the original Paige capo designs, The Clik uses a direct center

Bluegrass Today would like to wish a happy Independence Day to all our US readers - with a hearty "no hard feelings" to our friends in England. To help put everyone in a festive mood, here's a video of Ross Nickerson

Recording King, a division of The Music Link, has introduced two new banjo models aimed at new players looking at their first upgrade, or beginners wanting to start out on a better than entry level banjo. The Madison is offered in

Charlie Poole and Loudon Wainwright III are two names you might not expect to find in close proximity. In fact, unless you were a follower of pop music in the 1970s or a serious student of old time string music