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The North Carolina Music Hall of Fame has announced that legendary banjo player and singer Charlie Poole will be inducted as a member in the 2022 class. Poole led a short and highly volatile life, but was quite popular along with

Geoff Stelling, originator and chief luthier for Stelling Banjo Works, who has operated the company with his wife Sherry in central Virginia for many years, has announced that they will be shuttering the company at the end of 2022. Both

This is a feature we are running to memorialize the creative and musical legacy of the late J.D. Crowe, who we lost just before Christmas. We are calling it My Favorite Crowe Lick, and each episode will include a prominent

Round Window Institute, the non-profit entity that manages Banjo Summit and the Modern Mandolin Workshop, has announced the launch of a print side, Round Window Press, to publish instrumental transcription projects. The first book will be for virtuoso modern banjoist Wes

The IBMA Foundation has announced their 2nd annual Strings for Dreams raffle to benefit the organization's charitable and educational efforts. This year's raffle offers chances to win a 2010 Huber Banjos Truetone VRB-3 model, donated by longtime Foundation supporter Richard Spratt.

Banjos are bustin' out all over! We've just received word of the successful inaugural Banjo Camp Brasil, the first ever event of its type in the country. If your Portuguese is up to par, you can find out more at

Bobby Atkins, veteran banjo player and singerof roughly 60 years' experience playing bluegrass and country music, passed away on Sunday, March 27, 2022, at Gibson House Hospice Centre near Reidsville, North Carolina. He was 88 years old.  Bobby Lee Atkins was born

10 years ago, on March 28, 2012, Earl Eugene Scruggs, noted for popularizing a three-finger banjo-picking style that bears his famous name, passed away.   The Scruggs style became a defining characteristic not just of the banjo but of bluegrass music.

Josh Grigsby and County Line, a rising traditional bluegrass band from Virginia's Northern Neck, has announced the addition of Taylor Parks on banjo. The group is centered around the singing of the husband-and-wife team of Josh and Crystal Grigsby, who grew

On last weekend's Huckabee show, which airs on the Trinity Broadcasting Network (TBN), TV news anchor Doug McKelway joined host Mike Huckabee to talk about Centerpoint, a news program launching next week on TBN. For years McKelway's was a familiar face to