Dudley Connell with The Johnson Mountain Boys playing his D-28 - photo by Peggy Detweiler Dudley Connell is best known for playing with two important Washington, DC bands – The Johnson Mountain Boys and The Seldom Scene. In a recent interview
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Tim Stafford – Acoustic Guitar track premiere
When Tim Stafford puts out a new guitar album, people in the bluegrass and flatpicking worlds pay attention. They don't come around very often, and you have to wait for them to hear the subtleties of his playing in a
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Introducing Glider – The Rolling Capo
Greg Bennett with Fine Musical Products in Nashville has introduced a new capo designed to roll easily along the neck for simple key changes - even while playing. Called Glider, this device will store behind the nut like most bluegrass guitarists
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Danny Paisley talks about his father’s guitar
Danny Paisley playing his father Bob's 1949 D-18 - photo by Marla Singleton Katy Daley is starting a new series where she talks with musicians who have been entrusted with the care of an instrument that had already made bluegrass history
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StewMac introduces new String Cleaner
Stewart MacDonald has introduced a new string cleaning tool that should be very helpful for bluegrass players wanting to prolong string life on their instruments. The act of fingering the strings transfers oil from your hands onto the strings, which
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Texas Instrumental Bluegrass Champions decided for 2017
Texas Banjo Champion for 2017 Hudsen Doucette accepts his trophy - photo by Tina Boatwright With the conclusion of this past weekend's Texas State Banjo Championships in Pearl, the 2017 Texas Bluegrass Champions have all been announced. In prior years, the banjo,
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Turmoil & Tinfoil track debut from Billy Strings
William Apostol, aka Billy Strings, has been setting the bluegrass and acoustic world on fire this past few years with his blistering guitar playing and creative and open approach to contemporary acoustic string music. Like many young artists, he grew a
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Tony Wray endorses Crowder Guitars
One of the biggest guitarists in bluegrass - who also generates a giant sound - is Tony Wray, with Blue Mafia. A large man, who pulls a large tone, Tony is known to put the pick to the string with
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Skaggs’ guitar army unleashed on Grey Fox
On Friday night at the Grey Fox Bluegrass Festival, Ricky Skaggs took advantage of the fact that three of his former guitarists were at the festival, and brought them all up for one big six string thrash. Of course, he's
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Nick DiSebastian transcriptions to MTSU Center For Popular Music
Bluegrass and jazz musician Nick DiSebastian, who has been recognized as one of the top transcribers in our music, has announced that he is donating his catalog to the Center For Popular Music at Middle Tennessee State University for archival