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We've posted several times over the past two years about online workshops hosted at The Banjo Lounge, with participants joining in via audio chat. To date, these workshops have all focused on three finger banjo picking, but in response to

Mel Bay has a new book of banjo transcriptions, American Banjo: Three-Finger and Scruggs Style, taken from the classic Folkways field recordings released under the same title. Originally released in 1956, the LP version of these recordings, taken by musician and

The Music Link has announced a new model in its Recording King banjo line. The Melody King is presented as the entry level model to their roster of professional quality banjos, with the same basic component quality as its more

Ron Block, guitar and banjo player with Alison Krauss & Union Station, has posted a number of free tabs on his web site. There are 22 in all, with both banjo and guitar transcriptions included, all available as free PDF/JPG

Colorado progressive banjoist Jake Schepps is releasing his latest CD next week (7/26). Entitled Ten Thousand Leaves, it features Schepps on 11 new compositions, both his own and pieces from his collaborators on this project, guitarist Greg Schochet, bassist Eric

Summer's barely begun and Gene Senyak's research into banjo camps, college programs, and resident workshops has already taken hin to four camps, three college programs, and one resident workshop...that's over 3,000 miles at $3/gallon! His first field report is

In you're in the Eastern Virginia area, and a fan of old time banjo playing, here's an event you might want to check out this weekend. The Old Time Banjo Festival is happening tonight at the Birchmere. The event is,

Do you have a window opening of 19'' X 37'' and a crushing need for banjo-themed stained glass? If so, eBay has you covered. The seller created this Tiffany-styled piece as a promotional item for Gibson 25 years ago, and is

Banjos falling from the sky! No, it's not this summer's new blockbuster horror film, it's the winner of the human-powered flying competition, Red Bull Flugtag Nashville last weekend. The Rocky Top Rocket, built and manned by The Greasy Brothers (Brandy, Brody,

When it was first published in 1982, Scales And Arpeggios For Five String Banjo by Pete Pardee, was a groundbreaking effort. The book offered serious students of the banjo the sort of reference volume of applied music theory that had