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With the advent of Guitar Hero, anyone is a, well... guitar hero. Microsoft has taken that concept to the art of songwriting with their newest software offering, Songsmith. With Songsmith you can write songs, even if you don't know music. Sounds

If you (like me) couldn't take the "comedy" of Saturday Night Live this weekend long enough to see Steve Martin and his banjo, here's the clip from the NBC web site. UPDATE 8:40 a.m. - The Sunday (2/1) edition of The

Deering is giving away a Calico model banjo valued at $4559. This is a curly maple banjo bound with elaborate wood marquetry and ivoroid, stained a light, honey-brown. The peghead is also bound. There is no purchase required, and entries can be

As Brance mentioned a couple of weeks ago, Steve Martin will be hosting this weekend's (1/31) edition of Saturday Night Live, airing on NBC at 11:30 p.m. He will also be featured as a musical guest, performing Late For School, a

Steve Martin is featured in a cover profile in this weeeknd's (1/25) issue of Parade Magazine. The story, Even in tough times you can afford to laugh, is primarily about the importance of humor in a well-balanced life. Martin discusses how

Here are a couple more tidbits from the recently concluded NAMM show in Anahiem, CA. Paige Capo introduced a revised design for their popular capo, which they say makes it faster and easier to use. They make capos for banjo, guitar

We all know that playing the banjo is the polite thing to do, but is it appropriate behavior for ladies? Associate Professor of Music (Hamilton College) Lydia Hamessley, says that the banjo manufacturers of the late nineteenth century engaged in an

A number of prominent bluegrass instrument manufacturers are exhibiting this weekend at the annual convention and trade show of the National Association of Music Merchandisers, known as The NAMM Show. Held in January of each year in Anaheim, CA, it

The gala events surrounding the inauguration of our new president are about to get underway, and I've just learned that banjoist Bela Fleck and fiddler/violinist Mark O'Connor will take part. Bela and O'Connor have accepted an invitation to perform with Wynton

It's been great to see the tremendous interest in Steve Martin's upcoming banjo CD within the overlapping banjo and bluegrass communities. Martin has been a banjo picker since before he made it big, first as a comedian and later as a