banjo

  • Alan Munde update

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    Our post earlier this week about Alan Munde doing shows with The Two High String Band may have left an incorrect impression about the status of The Alan Munde Gazette. Munde says that band is still going strong, even while

  • Banjos in Bath

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    No, not like that. We're talking about the city of Bath, two hours west of London, England. June 26-28, 2009, the streets of Bath will be overflowing with banjos. Those are the dates for this year's Bath International Banjo Festival. The festival is

  • Alan Munde is Two High?

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    The Two High String Band from Austin, TX has a new lineup, and a new CD, to announce to the world. Hot Texas Burrito will hit in July, featuring new band members Alan Munde on banjo and Mark Rubin on bass.

  • Banjo Granny

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    Here's a little book that may be of interest to bluegrass loving parents and grandparents. It's a children's story by Sarah Martin Busse and Jacqueline Briggs Martin called Banjo Granny which chronicles how banjo playing and "granny magic" allowed a

  • Bela Fleck on World Cafe

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    Béla Fleck will be the guest this afternoon (6/4) on World Cafe with David Dye originating from WXPN in Philadelphia, PA. He will talk about Throw Down Your Heart, his current CD release on Rounder, and the documentary film by the

  • Good week for jazz banjo

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    Our beloved five string banjo is getting its props this week from the jazz world, with both the venerable Down Beat magazine and AllAboutJazz.com giving space to prominent banjo jazzers. Down Beat has Béla Fleck on the cover of its June

  • Steve Martin on Billboard 200

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    Reuters reported last night that Steve Martin has landed on the Billboard 200 this week. Martin has not had an album chart since his 1981 LP The Steve Martin Brothers. That LP featured comedy cuts on side one, with banjo

  • Looking Glass from Chris Pandolfi

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    I've known The Infamous Stringdusters' banjoist Chris Pandolfi and his music for the past 6 years. Over that time I've seen him develop musically and professionally into one of the brightest lights in the modern banjo world. In fact, before I

  • Steve Martin on Idol video

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    In case you mssed it on Fox last night, here is the video of Steve Martin performing on American Idol. The song is Pretty Flowers from his current release, The Crow. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TPK5sEG_yJ8