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Those of you who have been wondering what Gaven Largent was going to do with his considerable musical talents after leaving Blue Highway can wonder no longer. It was announced last night that he will be joining Dailey & Vincent on

Deering has introduced a new model in its Golden Series line called the Rustic Wreath, designed to capture some of the vintage appeal of older instruments in an economy-minded banjo. All of their Golden Series banjos are styled like the old

Let's get this out of the way up front... Ashley Campbell's The Lonely One is not a bluegrass album, and she is not a bluegrass artist. She is a young country singer on the way up with a peerless pedigree

If you were lucky enough to be in the audience at The Birchmere in Alexandria, VA on July 16, 2016 for Ben Eldridge's final show with The Seldom Scene, you will have already seen this video which Ben's son Chris

Deering Banjo Company has added three new gauges to its offerings for banjo players, along with redesigned packaging for the entire line. This brings the total to seven different sets for five string banjoists, plus one for six string, two

Banjo man Todd Taylor is taking over the government of South Carolina! Or so it might seem from his visits so far early this year. In March he was invited to the state legislature for the pronouncement of South Carolina Banjo

Way back in 1973, the US Navy Band program in Washington, DC formed a new outfit called Country Current, created to take advantage of the growing popularity of bluegrass and country music in the capitol region. At one point, there

Brien Fain, a popular old time banjoist from Stuart, VA, died on April 18 following a prolonged illness. He was 46 years of age. A native of Virginia's Patrick County, Fain was at least a seventh-generation mountain musician, growing up in

From the hills of North Carolina, came one of the most popular names in the history of the banjo. Earl Scruggs (1924-2012) put his mark on the instrument at an early age. By the time he was 21, Scruggs had

Nu-Blu has announced the addition of Calder Baker to the band, playing banjo. A recent graduate of the bluegrass program at East Tennessee State University, Baker was born and raised in Grand Rapids, MI and started his pursuit of bluegrass