Well Chief, I hope you stayed inside this week and enjoyed perusing Marty's Valentine's gift. From the sounds of things on the news, it's a good thing we didn't venture far from the driveway last week — at least to
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Ask Sonny Anything… tell us about Lester Flatt
Good morning Chief! I'm reminded of The New South's cover of Gordon Lightfoot's 10 Degrees And Getting Colder this morning. In fact it was 9º overnight and with this layer of ice, Larry says we're not taking the Bluebird anywhere
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Earl Scruggs: A Player’s Guide with Bill Evans live Zoom workshops
Peghead Nation, the online musical instruction site, is launching a new, eight-part, live Zoom workshop series this Saturday. Titled Earl Scruggs: A Player's Guide, the course will be taught by noted banjo player and instructor, Bill Evans, with guest faculty
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Lee Sexton passes
Lee 'Boy' Sexton, the legendary drop-thumb (clawhammer) banjo stylist and two-finger picker from Letcher County, Kentucky, passed away on February 11, 2021. He was 93 years of age. Born in 1927, Lee Sexton worked as a field hand to earn the
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Ask Sonny Anything… has bluegrass music gone too far from its roots?
Hey Chief, come on out, we're all ready for another road trip through the pages of time. Take us back to the good ol' days Sonny. And by the way, you were right. Ol' Larry backed this monster into the
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Ask Sonny Anything… why did Rocky Top release on Christmas Day?
Good morning Chief, I know you said it would be a cold day before you ever got back onstage again, but according to Larry's super fancy Apple watch, it's 29.8º out here this morning...does that qualify? Ahhhh okay, you don't really
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Spanish string music from Lluis Gomez & Friends
Spanish banjo master Lluis Gomez was one of the participants in last month's CBA Jam-A-Thon, a 48 hour, online bluegrass festival held to raise funds for the California Bluegrass Association’s Youth Academy. The organizers sent out request to musicians all
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Pisgah Banjo Company raffle to benefit Arnold Shultz Fund
The Pisgah Banjo Company in Asheville, NC has launched a raffle for a very special banjo in honor of Black History Month, with proceeds from the sweepstakes donated to the IBMA Foundation's Arnold Shultz Fund. The Fund was established last
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Ask Sonny Anything… Did you have band members who didn’t work out?
Good morning Chief, it's road trip time again. Now listen, I don't want to scare you, but we have a few new guests joining on this little trip back in time including our driver, Michael Cleveland. Don't worry, he's a
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Birmingham Jail from Barry Abernathy, featuring Vince Gill
Billy Blue Records has announced the imminent release of a new album from Barry Abernathy called Barry Abernathy & Friends, that is actually four years old. Bluegrass fans remember Barry well from his time with Mountain Heart, and these days for his