Terry Herd caught up with Fishman's Cory Congilio during the Summer 2012 NAMM show in Nashville earlier this month. They spoke about the Fishman Aura Spectrum DI system, which uses modeling software to help acoustic guitarists avoid the slappy sound so common when
Terry Herd caught up with Richard Keldsen of Saga Music at this past weekend's Summer NAMM show in Nashville. Saga is the parent company for such popular bluegrass instrument brands as Blueridge Guitars, Gold Star banjos, Regal resonator guitars, and Kentucky
Daniel Cooper of Cooperstand gave us a run-through of his product line at the Summer NAMM show in Nashville yesterday. http://vimeo.com/45738396
This week our poll asks about our readers' participation in the music. Specifically, which bluegrass instruments do you play? We're not asking how well you play, or at what level. Just whether. You can choose as many instruments as you play -
Sadly, we have another set of stolen instruments to report, again from a home invasion. On June 22 the home of Donica Christensen in East Nashville, TN was burglarized. Three instruments and some other items were taken. Donica is a former bluegrass
We had written a few times over the past two years about talented young fiddler, vocalist and songwriter Kate Lee, starting when she was still in high school where she grew up near Rochester, NY. Kate is a rising junior at
Western Virginia fiddler Shannon Wheeler has released a debut EP album. It's called Growler, and features 4 fiddle tunes (2 of them originals), and a vocal. Wheeler is an active road and session player in the Virginia/North Carolina scene, and has
Celebrated fiddler Byron Berline has been more visible of late with his violin shop than he has as a touring and recording artist. But that is about to change. A pair of new projects are expected this year that will warm
Wayne Erbsen's two latest bluegrass instruction books begin his new Bluegrass Jamming series, with titles for both fiddlers and mandolinists. A similar book for banjo is expected later this year. Like his earlier series titled as being for "The Complete Ignoramus,"
Good news this weekend from Balsam Range. Their fiddler, Buddy Melton, who was injured last week, underwent major facial reconstruction surgery on Sunday in Asheville, NC. Mandolinist Darren Nicholson posted the following this morning on the band's web site. Buddy’s surgery today
