Bill and the Belles have announced their newest member, Aidan VanSuetendael, who joins the band on banjo. The east Tennessee-based group plays an interesting mix of old time, bluegrass, and swing, primarily focused on the sounds of American music in the
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California Report: Bill Knopf of Phil Salazar & the Kin Folk
Bill Knopf is a prolific banjo virtuoso, former UCLA drum major, and music instructor from the LA area who has been playing since before most readers were born. He was active in the early '60s playing in his own bands
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Banjo tab and staff books from Sebastian Schröder
There was a time, not so very long ago, when blank staff paper was a common commodity in music stores. Sold both in tear-off sheets and in bound books, those who liked to write down their creative ideas could keep
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Ask Sonny Anything… how was it for you when Bobby joined the Marines?
Ask Sonny Anything is a recurring feature where our readers pose questions to the great Sonny Osborne, one half of the iconic Osborne Brothers who redefined bluegrass music in the 1960s, and noted banjo maven and collector of fine prewar
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Ask Sonny Anything… How you doing, Chief?
Ask Sonny Anything is a recurring feature where our readers pose questions to the great Sonny Osborne, one half of the iconic Osborne Brothers who redefined bluegrass music in the 1960s, and noted banjo maven and collector of fine prewar
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Steve Martin Banjo Prize partners with FreshGrass and Compass
The Steve Martin Prize for Excellence in Banjo and Bluegrass Music has for the past ten years awarded a grant of $50,000 annually to a prominent 5 string banjoist which Steve and his Board of Directors have selected. The first
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Ask Sonny Anything… another encore while the Chief recovers
Though he is doing much better than last week after a fall about ten days ago, Sonny is still resting and recovering at home this week. His wife, Judy, tells us that he is showing improvement daily, but recovering from
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Ben Eldridge Week starts today at Bluegrass Stories
Bluegrass Stories, the podcast featuring interviews with bluegrass personalities with Katy Daley and Howard Parker, has reached its sixth series of conversations. The first episode of Series 6 released last week, a discussion with Jen Larson, the Archives Manager at
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Ask Sonny Anything… a bump on the head encore
We are running an encore edition of Sonny's column this week - a second look at his very first contribution over a year ago. Sonny wanted us to make plain that he isn't ducking his commitment to answer your questions today.
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Ask Sonny Anything… tell us about Kenny Ingram
Ask Sonny Anything is a recurring feature where our readers pose questions to the great Sonny Osborne, one half of the iconic Osborne Brothers who redefined bluegrass music in the 1960s, and noted banjo maven and collector of fine prewar