This February the Pisgah Banjo Company is again holding a raffle for a very special custom banjo to benefit the IBMA Foundation's Arnold Shultz Fund in honor of Black History Month. The banjo is an open back model made from highly-figured
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Jeremiah Gilmer – One man band
With the digital age, music, including bluegrass, is being presented in a lot of different types and formats. Jeremiah Gilmer, a young southern Virginia-based graphic designer, works a day job and plays music in his spare time from his home,
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Far Away Again from Cory Walker (with Tim O’Brien)
Mountain Fever Records has release a debut single today from their upcoming project with banjoist Cory Walker. The album is entitled School Project, which those who known Cory from his active social media presence will recognize as a common theme,
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Grandpa Jones and Buck Trent to the Banjo Hall of Fame
The American Banjo Museum in Oklahoma City has announced the 2023 class to be inducted into their Banjo Hall of Fame. Among the five honorees this year are two of great import for five string fans, Grandpa Jones and Buck
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Bill Evans talks Steve Martin Banjo Prize
Bill Evans - photo by Mike Melnyk Just before Christmas, we had an opportunity to chat with Bill Evans, one of the recipients of the 2022 Steve Martin Banjo Prize, now administered by The Freshgrass Foundation. The prize was initiated by the
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Dean Phillips to Danny Paisley & the Southern Grass
Stewartstown, PA native Dean Phillips has been announced as the new banjo player with Danny Paisley & the Southern Grass. The 27 year old banjo instructor at The Guitar Spot USA (in Red Lion) has rapidly been making a name for
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Dueling Banjos… or Dueling Guzheng?
Here's a twist on a bluegrass instrumental standard, whether you know it as Duelin' Banjos, Fussin' Banjos, Fuedin' Banjos, or any of several similar names. It comes from the Bottom Dollar Boys of Florida, who teamed up with Dr. Haiqiong Deng,
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Recording King Madison open back banjo
Recording King has introduced a new open back banjo for clawhammer players, the Madison RK-0T26 Whyte Laydie model. It has been designed to offer the features old time musicians demand at the lower price point that offshoring allows. The RK-OT26 is
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Troy Brammer passes
Banjo player Troy Brammer passed away on December 11, 2022, at the age of 90. Troy Shirley Brammer was born on July 24, 1932, and raised in Patrick County, Virginia, but settled and lived the rest of his years in Collinsville,
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Todd Taylor hospitalized with COVID
Popular South Carolina banjo player Todd Taylor, known for his unique style of rock 'n' roll banjo, has been hospitalized with COVID 19. He is said to be in stable condition, but his doctors are watching him closely as he