• Billy Smith’s 50th Birthday Party

    Our good friend and fellow laborer in this business of blogging, Sharon Smith, has posted some photos and comments from Billy Smith's 50th birthday party held at the Station Inn on Sunday. Her post includes photos of husband Terry Smith,

  • Martha White Video at The Grand Ole Opry

    Yesterday while searching around the web for all things blugrass, I came across this little piece of video that I thought our readers might find interesting. It's a 60 second Martha White ad that is being projected on the big

  • Opry 81st Birthday Bash

    This weekend The Grand Ole Opry is celebrating their 81st Birthday, and they have some great bluegrass on both the Friday and Saturday night shows. Later tonight, Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder with special guest Earl Scruggs will perform twice

  • 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

  • Banjo Guinness Record photos

    As promised, John Drummond sent along some photos of the Guinness Record event last night at Turner Field in Atlanta. They were all taken by Bill Massey. Here the 238 banjo players who participated in the event run through their group

  • New Guinness Book record for banjo pickers

    Well, they did it! We have posted several times this summer about plans by the folks at Banjo.com to obtain a listing in The Guinness Book of World Records to honor Earl Scruggs. Yesterday in Atlanta, they succeeded, and the record

  • Guinness banjo attempt in Atlanta today

    We have told you previously about the folks at Banjo.com in Atlanta, and their attempt to set the Guinness Record for Largest Musical Ensemble - using banjo players. That record attempt, dubbed A Tribute To Earl Scruggs, is scheduled for