The G7th Capo company has introduced several new colors for its quick release Nashville guitar capo, in conjunction with this weekend's 2023 NAMM Show in Anaheim, CA. The Nashville capo is designed to be an effective, spring-loaded model offered at a
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Eddie Ray – Eddie Ray Buzzini
Eddie Ray Buzzini (whose given name is Ettore) makes his home in Mooresville, North Carolina. Just fifteen years old at the time of this recording's release, the young banjoist lives with his Swiss-Italian father and American mother born in East
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Meet rising Texas grasser Riley Gilbreath
Riley Gilbreath is an 18 year musician in Crowley, TX who is making noise on both the bluegrass and country scenes. His expressive voice, original songs, and skillful banjo and guitar playing have led him to be named The Next
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Alan Moore Stowell passes
Alan Stowell performing recently in Florida, and as a younger man This obituary is a contribution from C.P. Heaton, Alan's regular pickin' partner on guitar and banjo in the Gainesville clubs for many years. Florida fiddler and guitarist Alan Stowell, 78, died
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Chris Luquette departing Dirty Kitchen
Chris Luquette and Frank Solivan - photo © Eric Frommer After 11 years as guitarist with Frank Solivan & Dirty Kitchen, Chris Luquette has announced that he will be leaving the band at the end of March to pursue other opportunities In
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Mark O’Connor releases two books and a CD from his early years
Those of us who were following bluegrass music in the 1970s were most fortunate to watch the emergence of a true prodigy in Mark O'Connor. Before even hitting his teens, Mark was wowing musicians with his fiddle, mandolin, and guitar playing.
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White Freighliner Blues video from Tommy Emmanuel & Molly Tuttle
Australian guitar whiz Tommy Emmanuel is continuing his collaborations concept forward into a second album, Accomplice Two, due out in April from CGP Sounds. Like the first, it finds Emmanuel paired with some of his favorite artists, including several of the
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Billy Strings at Bridgestone Arena in Nashville
Billy Strings at The Bridgestone Area in Nashville (2/25/23) - photo © Jesse Faatz Young bluegrass phenom Billy Strings played two sold out shows this past weekend at Nashville's Bridgestone Arena. This is a 20,000 seat venue, and ticket demand was
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Jake Workman releases 20 Flatpick Standards, Vol. 2
Like so many bluegrass artists during the recent pandemic shutdowns, Jake Workman, hot shot guitar slinger with Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder, turned his attention to offering online instruction when work was scarce. Now that touring and live performance is back
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Charmed Life supports turtle preservation with new picks
Scott Memmer, who runs the Charmed Life Guitar Picks company in Los Angeles, has introduced a new set of items to their high quality collection of synthetic material flatpicks. This special edition of picks are dedicated to the preservation of sea