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Todd Taylor, everyone's favorite rock 'n' roll banjo player, has a new single and video, his take on the monster Mason Williams hit from 1968, Classical Gas. Though he's equally adept at picking bluegrass style, which is how he learned as

Danny Stewart Jr, a popular bluegrass touring artist, has acquired the Turtle Hill Banjo Company in LaPlata, MD, and will be its new owner/operator. Stewart purchased the company from its founder, long time vintage banjo collector and authority, Dave Schenkman,

Chattanooga fire fighter, banjo picker, and songwriter Randy Steele has a new single for July, a set of personal reflections called A Golden Smile. This popular entertainer in south central Tennessee took up the banjo some years ago to give him

If you read our recent coverage of the second annual Abingdon Fiddlers' Convention last month, you will have seen the name Davis pop up all over the youth category winners lists. In fact, Newfound Gap, an old time band made

Engelhardt Music Group has a new single for Nashville banjo player Russ Carson, the second from his upcoming full-length album. We all know Russ as the banjo man with Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder, and as proprietor of the very

It's always a treat to encounter talented young bluegrass artists - even more when they already have a personality for the stage as a teen. One such is Braxton Rogers from Oklahoma, who has a passion for both banjo and

Everybody's favorite rock 'n' roll banjo man, Todd Taylor, is back with a new single, his remake of The Pretenders 1983 hit, Middle of the Road. Todd has made a career of picking out rock music on the five string, and

It's a rare one of us who doesn't remember our high school graduation, though some may recall the occasion with more fondness than others. Except for graduates who missed having a ceremony altogether during the COVID shutdowns, it's generally a

Banjo playing pastor, Steve Bruce, has a new single this week from his all-original instrumental project, What I Know Now. Even without lyrics, all of Steve's tunes have titles that reference stories or themes from the Bible. This latest, Facing The

Molly Johnson, a 16 year old banjo picker from Pumpkintown, SC, has been announced as the recipient of the 2023 IBMA scholarship to attend Béla Fleck's Blue Ridge Banjo Camp. Each year the Association pays the tuition for one deserving