Tag: banjo

Earl Scruggs hospitalized

Bluegrass Today has learned that Earl Scruggs has been hospitalized in North Carolina. We are trying to get additional details, and…

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It’s a bluegrass instrument… it’s a self-defense tool!

Here’s a story from Kansas City that won’t do much to repair the image of banjo players as hayseed yokels. It…

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Help for Banjo FlyAway Finger

Serious students of the 5 string banjo have long been plagued by a malady known as flyaway fingers. This dread disease…

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The Steve Martin Prize for Excellence in Banjo and Bluegrass

Noam Pikelny has been named the recipient of the inaugural Steve Martin Prize for Excellence in Banjo and Bluegrass. This annual…

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Kel Kroydon introduces affordable banjos

We posted last month about plans for American Made Banjo Company to launch a new “affordable banjo” series, starting with a…

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Big milestone for Banjo Hangout

Banjo Hangout, the vibrant online community for banjo players of every stripe, reached a major milestone recently when they signed up…

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Elmer Burchett to Summertown Road

Jack Hicks, founding banjoist with Summertown Road, has stepped aside with Elmer Burchett jumping in to take his spot. The band…

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Bluegrass Jamming Essentials from AcuTab

AcuTab Publications has released the fifth DVD in their Power Pickin’ series designed to help serious students of bluegrass music improve…

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Colorado Case absorbs Price Cases

Colorado Case Company has expanded from their popular line of soft cases and case covers to include fiberglass flight cases for…

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Steve Martin: Bluegrass over Comedy?

CNN caught up with funny-man turned banjo-man, Steve Martin, at the 2010 Bonnaroo festival and their cameras captured him talking about…

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