Earl Scruggs

From the hills of North Carolina, came one of the most popular names in the history of the banjo. Earl Scruggs (1924-2012) put his mark on the instrument at an early age. By the time he was 21, Scruggs had

Starting tomorrow, January 23, approximately two dozen instruments from the personal collection of Earl Scruggs will be offered for sale at Gruhn Guitars in Nashville. The various items include a number of open back banjos, several guitars, and an eye-popping

 Gordon Castelnero and David L. Russell at the Earl Scruggs Center If you have, or have been meaning to pick up a copy of Earl Scruggs - Banjo Icon by Gordon Castelnero and David L. Russell, the first comprehensive biography of

Banjo aficionados and Earl Scruggs devotees, in particular, will be enthused, nay, excited, by the news of a forthcoming book about the banjo innovator, Earl Scruggs: Banjo Icon, published by Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. Earl Scruggs’s career as a banjo player

Those of us who have been in bluegrass since the early 1980s recall legendary broadcaster Eddie Stubbs not so much for his mastery of his on-air persona, but initially from his steady fiddle, bass vocal, and MC work with The

Rogers & Larrance have released Groundspeed, a second track from their upcoming reimagining of Flatt & Scruggs' classic Foggy Mountain Banjo album. What makes their effort unique is that Tyson Rogers is a pianist, and Bryon Larrance a drummer. The pair met working

On This Day …. On June 19, 1914, Lester Flatt was born in Duncan's Chapel, Overton County, Tennessee. Had he lived until today he would be 100 years old. Lester Raymond Flatt, the singer and guitarist (and occasional mandolin player), first came

Stop me if you've heard this one before... A pianist and a drummer walk into the studio to record an updated version of Foggy Mountain Banjo. But this one's no joke. Tyson Rogers and Bryon Larrance are celebrating how the five string has

Our Special Bluegrass Correspondent captured some images and video from the grand opening of the Earl Scruggs Center on January 11.    

Over one thousand fans of the five-string gathered in Shelby, North Carolina on Saturday, January 11, to experience the grand opening of the Earl Scruggs Center. Despite pouring rain that moved several events that had been scheduled to take place