• Evans, Steffey DVDs from AcuTab in Spring ’07

    AcuTab has announced two new bluegrass instructional DVDs for release this spring, one each for banjo and mandolin. First up will be Bluegrass Banjo Master Class, featuring Bill Evans. This will be the fourth installment in AcuTab's popular Power Pickin' series,

  • Midwest Banjo Camp 2007

    The 3rd annual Midwest Banjo Camp is set for June 1-3, 2007 on the campus of Michigan State University in East Lansing, MI. The faculty includes many of the biggest names in bluegrass and old time banjo, such as Alan

  • Bill Evans banjo workshop online 2/11

    The Banjo Lounge is hosting another of their periodic online banjo workshops on February 11. This one will be conducted by Bill Evans, and will focus on playing bluegrass banjo accompaniment, or backup. Bill has two popular instructional DVDs about banjo

  • Bill Evans – Banjo For Dummies

    No one who has attended one of Bill Evans' banjo workshops, or studied using one of his popular AcuTab banjo DVDs, would ever accuse him of being a dummy. In addition to his prominent work in music as a teacher,

  • Bill Evans on Hardly Strictly Bluegrass

    The following is a contribution from Bill Evans, well-known banjo picker, educator and semi-regular contributor here on Bluegrass Today. I'm just back - and completely exhausted! However, I wanted to share these pictures and relate a little bit of the magic

  • Bill Evans String Summit makes CA debut

    Banjo player Bill Evans has worn a lot of hats over the years - as a teacher, writer, ethnomusicologist, IBMA board member, IBMM associate director, workshop leader and as a banjo player with Dry Branch Fire Squad. Next week, Bill

  • The Secret Life Of Banjos

    California bluegrass banjo player Bill Evans has teamed with the legendary old-time and bluegrass musician Jody Stecher to present an all-banjo duo show that they call The Secret Life of Banjos. For these shows, the pair play on a

  • Christmas in California

    This post is a contribution from Bill Evans, a prominent West Coast banjo player, instructor and bluegrass entreprenuer. You can find out more about Bill and his various ventures on his web site. Christmas in California isn"t really all that much

  • Introducing Bill Evans

    It's a great pleasure to introduce Bill Evans as a Guest Contributor. Bill is one of my oldest friends in the bluegrass world, and I take a measure of personal pride in seeing the success he has achieved as both

  • New banjo backup DVD with Bill Evans

    Following up on the success of their first two instructional DVDs on bluegrass style backup for banjo, AcuTab has announced the release of Power Pickin' Volume 3 - Playing Banjo Backup In A Bluegrass Band, featuring Bill Evans. This new