• Fundraiser for Joe Briggs

    Joe Briggs is a bass player who has worked for many years in and around the acoustic, bluegrass and roots music scene along the east coast. He started out in Richmond, VA though he has made his home in Pittsburgh,

  • PopMatters – Best of Bluegrass 2012

    It’s that time of year again, where pundits assess various aspects of the past 12 months. One of the first to do so and publish their list of favourites is PopMatters, the international magazine of cultural criticism. PopMatters’ bluegrass Top Ten listing

  • Bluegrass for the Rockaways

    California is about as far from New York as you can get in the US, but people there were as struck by the personal tragedies following Tropical Storm Sandy as were the rest of us who escaped unscathed. A group of

  • Bill Evans and the History of the Banjo

    West coast banjoist extraordinaire Bill Evans shared this video he shot for the folks at The Fretboard Journal back in January of this year, which is only just now available online. In it, Bill offers a short history of our beloved

  • Kaleidoscope – Snap Jackson

    Antonio Borrego III just doesn't have the right ring for a bluegrass/old time performer, even in northern California. So the young man who developed a fascination with the music just six short years ago became Snap Jackson, and has released a

  • Bill Evans on with Katy Daley

    Bill Evans will be a guest on Wednesday morning's Katy Daley Show on WAMU's Bluegrass County. He'll be on with Katy at 9:00 a.m. to talk about his appearance at the 5th Annual Mike Seeger Old Time Banjo Festival at The

  • Distance Between Two Points video

    The music video we referenced last week from Bill Evans' new album, In Good Company, has been released online. It's for the album's opening track, The Distance Between Two Points, a banjo instrumental Bill wrote with his daughter, Corey. The tune was

  • Bill Evans live concert stream

    I spoke yesterday with California banjo player Bill Evans as he was driving north from the Bay Area to do shows this weekend in Washington and Oregon. Both tonight (6/1) in Seattle, and Saturday in Bend, will find him doing

  • Bill Evans is In Good Company

    Bill Evans, noted west coast banjoist and instructor, has released his latest recording, In Good Company, on his own Native & Fine label. The concept of this project is collaboration, with Bill inserted into a pair of established new grass bands