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If you've ever purchased a vintage instrument and wondered about the story behind the strings, then you'll understand what Case Notes is all about. Case Notes is specially designed little diary for your instrument. It is sized appropriately (5 1/4"H x

David Grier will be performing live on Monday morning (11/24) at 10:30 a.m. on WAMU's Bluegrass Country. He will join hosts Katy Daley and Lee Michael Demsey to pick some guitar and talk about his latest CD, Live at the Linda.

Here's a special opportunity for all you Rice heads... Tony Rice is offering his personal, 2007 Santa Cruz Tony Rice model guitar for sale. This is a custom instrument, built specifically to Tony's specs, and which he used on the road

The folks at bluegrasscollege.org have put together a video sample from their latest online lesson. The song is Blue Night, sung by Tim O'Brien, with instrumental solos taught by Bill Evans (banjo), Rob Ickes (resonator guitar), Tyler Grant (guitar), Matt

A while back Modern Guitars conducted an interview with bluegrass guitarist and luthier Wayne Henderson. The interview was published at the end of September, but we somehow missed it in our IBMA rush. It is an extensive interview covering Wayne's unique

Fiery flatpicker Cody Kilby has released a new solo project, Many Roads Traveled. It's the third album under his name, but the first since he has matured into a serious professional player. The first two CDs were produced when Cody was

The Bluegrass Ireland Blog has noted the passing of John Pearse this past Friday (10/31/08). He died in his sleep, in Germany where he made his home. In addition to performing worldwide, John was a co-founder of Breezy Ridge Instruments, along

After the success of last year's bluegrass rhythm guitar workshop with Wyatt Rice, a second has been scheduled for next weekend (November 7-9) at Jorma Kaukonen's Fur Peace Ranch in southeastern Ohio. When we spoke with Wyatt recently, he mentioned that

The folks at Flatpicking Guitar magazine have released a new compilation series taken from the first 12 years of the publication's archives. When the back issues began to go out of print, publisher Dan Miller decided to start offering the content

Anyone who knows flatpicker and guitar workshop impresario Bull Harman knows him as among the most gregarious, warm-hearted people in our business. Always quick with a smile - and just as swift with a fiery lick - Bull is a