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Brian Setzer has been something of  a musical enigma over his 30 year career in pop music. He first hit as a rockabilly guitar hero with Stray Cats, followed by time with Robert Plant's Honeydrippers, and eventually his own swing/jump

Jim Hurst is on the west coast, where last week he spent some time rehearsing and recording for a new album with David Grisman and his son Sam. Jim is a two-time winner of the IBMA Guitar Player of the

Many, if not most, of us have experienced the frustration of flying with an instrument. Fine and vintage instruments are of such high value, checking that instrument through the airline's baggage handling is not a risk musicians tend to be

The latest issue (March 2011) of  Acoustic Guitar magazine is out, and it includes a lengthy article by Tyler Grant entitled: Must-Know Bluegrass Vocabulary - A guide to practical licks every flatpicker should know. Grant draws an interesting analogy between learning to play a

Sierra Hull has showed up on Bluegrass Today quite a bit this past few weeks. First there was news about a new banjo player for her touring group, Highway 111, and then there's her upcoming CD, Daybreak, due March 8

WFMZ News in Allentown, PA is reporting that CF Martin has run into a frustrating roadblock as it attempts to start marketing their guitars in China. It turns out that a Chinese company has already registered the right to build and

The George Washburn company made its bones in the late 19th and early 20th century building what were known at the time as parlor guitars, sometimes described as ladies' guitars. These were smaller body instruments, with a shorter scale, than

The only magazine in the United Kingdom dedicated to acoustic music is aptly named, Acoustic Magazine. The most recent edition, #50 February, 2011, features an interview with guitarist David Grier. UK based banjo player Leon Hunt conducted the interview. The magazine

Kenny Smith shares some thoughts about his upcoming instrumental album on Gat 3 Records in this new video, which also includes comments from Adam Steffey, Barry Bales and Glenn Tabor of Gat 3. This all-instrumental project will be his first guitar

When Pinecastle Records went down this time last year, we mourned most particularly for its impact on Josh Williams' excellent CD Down Home, which virtually disappeared after the label folded. The record had been scheduled for release in February 2010, precisely