Sugar Hill will release a new solo project from Jeremy Garrett of The Infamous Stringdusters on March 31. I Am A Stranger features Garrett on fiddle and vocals supported by his Stringduster brethren and a host of other top bluegrass pickers
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Berklee Acoustic String Festival
The Berklee College of Music in Boston holds intensive crash courses each summer, both for incoming or potential students to get a taste of the Berklee experience, and to allow non-matriculated students to benefit from the school's storied faculty. For several
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Bobby Hicks at Berklee
Fiddle master Bobby Hicks spent some time at the Berklee College of Music in Boston earlier this month, just prior to the Joe Val Festival. Berklee professor (and banjo instructor) Dave Hollender sent along a brief report on the master
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Music therapy
I was aware that music is used in therapy to relieve stress and tension, but apparently the Taiwanese have been successfully incorporating violin lessons into their drug rehab program recently. Taiwan News has the story. The Taichung Drug Abuse Treatment Center has
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April Verch – Steal The Blue
Steal The Blue, the seventh recording from Canadian fiddler/vocalist April Verch, was released independently on January 20. Verch has been known for some time for her fiery fiddle playing - winning her multiple championships - and her energetic live performances, which
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Bill Evans and Megan Lynch: Let’s Do Something
Sometimes you hear about a CD and excitement starts to build as you anticipate hearing this new music from musicians you enjoy. When you finally get a chance to hear the CD, you've built up an expectation that no recording
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MoJam in Jersey
In some parts of the country jams are easy to find. In Nashville it's not at all uncommon to find a jam with a "superstar" picker or two involved. In New Jersey that might prove more difficult, unless you attend
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Bela Fleck & Mark O’Connor to play Obama Inauguration event
The gala events surrounding the inauguration of our new president are about to get underway, and I've just learned that banjoist Bela Fleck and fiddler/violinist Mark O'Connor will take part. Bela and O'Connor have accepted an invitation to perform with Wynton
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FiddleStar Camps for 2009
Megan Lynch sent along details about her two 2009 FiddleStar instructional camps, held in Ridge Top, TN - just north of Nashville. The adult camp is scheduled for April 30-May 9 and, in addition to Megan, will feature legendary fiddler Bobby
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Mark O’Connor Fiddle Camp to NYC
The 2009 Mark O'Connor String Camp will be held in New York City, the first time the roving clinic has touched down in the Big Apple. The camp will run from July 27th - 31st, 2009 in multiple locations within a