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New CD releases have been few and far between this past few months. The labels tend to hold off on new projects after October, fearing that they could get lost in the holiday shuffle. Now that the new year is

We've already told you about Steve Martin's upcoming CD, The Crow: New Songs for the Five-String Banjo. Now we've learned that the CD is set for a January 27, 2009 release, exclusively on Amazon.com for the first 90 days. It

The Deering Banjo Company shut down their Nashville showroom this Monday, January 5. California-based Deering established this central US beachhead in July '06 to help make their product line more visible to both country/bluegrass pros living and working in Music

Dailey & Vincent won nearly every conceivable award from IBMA in 2008. They have a new CD due in March, and their tour schedule is the envy of most every other bluegrass act. Now, they have dipped their toes into the

Mel Bay Publications has released a new book/CD package from Tony Trischka, called Master Collection of Fiddle Tunes for Banjo. Dozens of tunes most commonly played on the fiddle are arranged for 3 finger banjo, encompassing music from the American and

Gibson has unveiled a new limited edition 5 string banjo with a Christmas theme, in a production run of only 12 banjos. This is a flame maple banjo, with gold-plated parts, that sports a brand new inlay pattern from Darron DuBose,

Just a few short weeks after leaving Rhonda Vincent, banjo man Kenny Ingram has cast his lot with Larry Stephenson. In addition to Kenny's 7 years with Rhonda, he has toured with bluegrass legends Lester Flatt and Jimmy Martin over

Ron Block will be the featured guest on Friday's (12/12) edition of Lonesome Pine RFD on WFDU-FM. He will join host Carol Beaugard from 11:00 a.m. until noon to talk about his new AcuTab banjo instructional DVD, A Fresh Look At

Jack Hatfield is set to release his latest book for 5 string banjo on December 15. Backup Techniques On The Five-String Banjo is volume three in Jack's Bluegrass Banjo Method series, running to 230 pages with 2 play-along audio CDs. This

Michael Martin Murphey carved his name in pop music granite back in 1975 when his Blue Sky, Night Thunder album was released on Epic Records. That record contained his two biggest hits, Wildfire and Carolina In The Pines, the latter of