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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

Banjo players have been clamoring for instructional materials from Ron Block for years, but his busy schedule with Alison Krauss & Union Station has prevented him from dedicating the time to it. Until now... His first banjo instructional DVD will be

Canadian pop group Barenaked Ladies have recorded what is being described as a "bluegrassy" version of Hockey Night in Canada. The band's early recordings did feature a bluegrass-inspired feel at times. Apparently this new recording is a throwback to that earlier

Cindy Baucom sent in a couple photos from the past weekend at the North Carolina Banjo Clinic in Burnsville, NC. The event was hosted by Rod Johnston of Village Productions. Instructors included Tom Adams, Graham Sharpe, Mike Scott and Terry Baucom.

Compass Records has released a revised and extended version of Evergreen, a CD of Christmas music from The Alison Brown Quartet that first hit as an EP in 2007. The material is composed of primarily modern Christmas favorites, twice in interesting

Chris Pandolfi, banjo player with The Infamous Stringdusters has a couple of side projects working that should come into fruition next year. He is hard at wok on a new solo project, which will be comprised of new instrumental music he

Rounder has shipped the CD version of Earl Scruggs with Family & Friends, The Ultimate Collection - Live at the Ryman, first released digitally on September 30 of this year. It features Scruggs with his sons Gary on bass/vocals and Randy