Now that Ron Stewart is playing banjo with The Dan Tyminski Band, he is parting ways with his prized French fiddle that had been his main axe this past ten years or so. It is a Francois Guillmont French Violin
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The Ebony Hillbillies
The Tacoma, Washington, based The News Tribune has published a story about what it considers to be a stand out band at the 15th Annual Wintergrass festival during this past weekend's shindig. The Ebony Hillbillies weren't even expected to be
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Sore Fingers Bluegrass week
Our friend Laura Leder from Cool Mandolin Company emailed recently to ask us to remind students of bluegrass and old time music - both here in the US, and in the UK and Europe - about Sore Fingers Week
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Brandon Godman to New Found Road
Fiddler Brandon Godman has come onboard with New Found Road, effective this past weekend. He did his first shows with the band at the SPBGMA convention in Nashville - where they picked up an award for Gospel Group of the
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Kate Lee – ready for some attention
We make a special effort here on Bluegrass Today to avoid choosing or promoting stories based on our personal likes and dislikes, or putting them forward based on anything but news judgment. Like any rule, of course, there are a few
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Jon Glik on the fiddle again
Jon Glik, 56, one of bluegrass music's top fiddlers, is fit enough able to play again after a year where he almost died, according to a report on Baltimore's Eyewitness News a few days ago. Regular readers will recall our previous
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Fiddle Music at Missouri State University
Missouri State University in Springfield, MO has created an Ozarks Studies Program intended to preserve the culture and history of the Ozarks. The program focuses on the collection and study of information about the culture and people of the
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Sit on a fiddle
The Idaho Falls Arts Council has an ongoing program called Art You Can Sit On. The program commissions local artisans to create benches that are art forms. These benches are created out of a variety of materials and are placed
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Jon Glik Medical Assistance
Jon Glik's fiddle playing can be heard on some of my favorite records. Anyone who knows me, knows I'm a huge Del McCoury fan. Don't Stop The Music may be my all time favorite McCoury album, and Glik's fiddle plays
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Samantha Casey wins Oreo Jingle Contest
Hailing from Selma, N.C., at Samantha Casey & The Bluegrass Jam is a two person band comprised of 11 year old Samantha Casey on fiddle, and her dad, Daniel, on guitar and banjo. The two have been performing together for