Jake Workman & Friends with their Collings Guitars at IBMA Bluegrass Live! During Bluegrass Live! on Saturday at IBMA, Collings Guitars presented Jake Workman & Friends on the Workshop Stage in the Raleigh Convention Center. It was a high-level bluegrass showcase
We can perhaps all agree that someone who steals instruments from a working musician is among the lowest of the low. Like all lawbreakers, they deserve the full punishment the statutes allow, but within the community of players, we reserve
It was almost a year ago when Collings Guitars introduced the concept behind their new line, Waterloo Guitars. Bill Collings had begun experimenting with replicating the off-brand, less expensive guitars that were produced during the Depression era, many of which
The various box set offers for Letters In The Deep from Cadillac Sky are just now shipping - in advance of the official June 8 release date. This is the band's first album with their new label, Dualtone, and they have
The Greencards are a trio of young pickers on the borders of bluegrass music playing what might appropriately be termed Americana music, or as I read on one site "underground folk with a bluegrass influence." Two of the three, Warner
Here's a nice group of photos from the Exhibit Hall. Photos by Dave Carney © 2006 Lawson and Reno Bull Harman Dan Miller Herschel Sizemore The Huber Booth Katy Daly Bill Keith Sewell and Leftwich Reid and Baucom Merriam and Bush Ronnie Reno Richard Gelardin Danny Roberts Roland White The Smiths Eberle and Vorndick
We made mention of the launch of Fretboard Journal late last year, when the inaugural issue was set to be published. We have just received word that their third edition is being mailed now to subscribers, with a publication date
I added some new photos to the header of the website yesterday. They rotate randomly every time the page is loaded. The photos that are now in the rotation were all taken here at my studio, either by myself or
