The Hal Leonard music publishing company has announced the imminent release of a new book of Earl Scruggs banjo transcriptions. Titled The Earl Scruggs Banjo Songbook, it will offer tablature for 84 classic Scruggs solos taken from both recordings and live
People in the event production and venue management business have certainly had a tough year. No one gets any special sympathy, since the COVID restrictions have harmed their business almost universally, or at least worldwide. And of course everyone who
Peghead Nation, the online musical instruction site, is launching a new, eight-part, live Zoom workshop series this Saturday. Titled Earl Scruggs: A Player's Guide, the course will be taught by noted banjo player and instructor, Bill Evans, with guest faculty
This response to our article last week, Who’s the real Father of Bluegrass, is a contribution from Richard D. Smith, a mandolin player based in Somerset County, NJ, and the author of Bluegrass: An Informal Guide and Can't You Hear Me
This Saturday, the Grand Ole Opry celebrates the 75th birthday of bluegrass music. It's certainly a cause for celebration. But, for me at least, it's also a time for reflection and the sharing of a belief that I’ve held for
Shelby, NC, the birthplace of Earl Scruggs and the home of the Earl Scruggs Center, has set aside funding for murals of both Scruggs and country legend Don Gibson, also a hometown boy. Destination Cleveland County and Uptown Shelby Association announced
This afternoon, during the Wide Open Bluegrass Festival in Raleigh, NC, details were announced for the inaugural Earl Scruggs Music Festival, to be held in Mill Spring, NC on September 4-5, 2020. The festival is jointly sponsored by The Earl Scruggs
The classic banjo tune, Foggy Mountain Breakdown, has enchanted banjo players and bluegrass music audiences since it was first performed by its composer, the incomparable Earl Scruggs, about 70 years ago. The breakneck banjo tune that has become a song for the
Earl Scruggs and his banjo playing prowess has been the subject of intense delight, interest, and discussion ever since he stepped onto the stage of the Grand Ole Opry with Bill Monroe in late 1945. All of which has generated a
If you've visited the main page of the mega-search site Google this week, you'll have seen this lovely tribute to the great Earl Scruggs at the top of the page. It was created as part of their This Day In History
