Auld Lang Syne is a Scottish folk song, most commonly associated with Scottish bard Robert Burns, whose artistic legacy is celebrated on this date in his native country. He described it as ‘a song of olden times’ which appears to have been
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Bill Keith remembered, part 2
In the spirit of yesterday's Bill Keith remembrance, several of his fellow banjo players have shared their thoughts about Bill. Bill Evans, performer, educator, composer and author, remembers Keith’s love of a cappuccino and his culinary abilities … "As is the case
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Bill Keith remembered
As previously noted, banjo innovator Bill Keith passed away on Friday, October 23, 2015. He was 75 years old and had been in poor health for some time. We recall his sterling career in this retrospective. William Bradford Keith was born
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Radio Velvet to re-air Bill Keith tribute show
Radio Velvet, the online bluegrass radio network based in the Slovak Republic, has announced that Tom Adams' tribute to the music of Bill Keith will be aired again three more times this week. Adams hosts a recurring weekly program, Adams County
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Bill Keith passes
Bill Keith, among the very few three-finger banjo players to discernibly widen the scope of the instrument in bluegrass music since Earl Scruggs, has died at the age of 75. He had been suffering of late from the effects of a
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Bill Keith Banjo Summit videos from Grey Fox
Video is now available from the all-star Bill Keith banjo style summit held at this year's Grey Fox festival back in July. In light of Bill's induction into the Bluegrass Hall of Fame last night, here are the two videos shot
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Fleck, Trischka and friends honor Bill Keith at Grey Fox Banjo Summit
Bela Fleck, Tony Trischka and six other banjo greats honored 75-year-old Bill Keith Friday, July 17 at the Grey Fox Bluegrass Festival in what was dubbed the Keith-Style Banjo Summit. Fans packed the Creekside Stage tent to listen to the tribute
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Grey Fox to host Keith banjo summit
The 2015 Grey Fox Bluegrass Festival has a special treat in store for banjo lovers, and fans of the seminal and highly influential style of Bill Keith. Bill was a pioneer in developing what is now known as the melodic style
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Classic Banjo – The Cliff’s Notes Of Banjo History
We’ve written a lot about the banjo lately at Bluegrass Today, and why not? It is one of the central pillars of the music that we love, even if the instrument and those who play it are the butt of
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Sweatin’ to the hits at Grey Fox
Well it was another hot one at Grey Fox on Friday! Hot temperature and hot pickin! It is impossible to catch all of the cool things happening at once, but I will share with you some of the elements that