Here's a cautionary story for those bluegrassers who prefer the tone of tortoise shell picks. Agents of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service have indicted 10 people after a multi-year investigation for smuggling hawksbill tortoise shells as well as finished guitar
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Review: James Alan Shelton – Walking Down The Line
Our UK correspondent, Richard F Thompson, shares this review of a project he found especially worthy. When cross-pick guitar expert and Clinch Mountain Boy James Alan Shelton was selecting the songs and tunes for this, his ninth solo CD, Walking Down
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Rowan/Rice DVD from Homespun
Homespun Video is set to release a new instructional DVD this week featuring Peter Rowan and Tony Rice. Entitled Peter Rowan and Tony Rice Teach Songs, Guitar and Musicianship, the DVD runs 110 minutes with Rowan Rice teaching a half
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David Grier – Live At The Linda
David Grier has released his latest album of solo flatpicked guitar. Live At The Linda was recorded in concert at the Linda Norris Auditorium in Albany, NY in September of 2006. It showcases David in his element - performing his unique
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Williams, Eldridge, Falco clip on YouTube
The folks at Flatpicking Guitar Magazine have posted an online clip from the most recent DVD release, Guitarmageddon. It features Josh Williams, Andy Falco and Chris Eldridge tearing up Cherokee Shuffle on stage at the Station Inn in Nashville. As you
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Recording King Custom Shop
The instrument company Recording King has recently opened a custom shop and is accepting orders for handcrafted banjos and acoustic guitars, in both the U.S. and Japan. You start with a standard Recording King model and order changes in components, finishes,
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Two new CDs from Flatpicking Guitar
Flatpicking Guitar Records has two new CD releases which you may want to consider when contemplating gifts for your favorite flatpicker - or flatpicking fan. Plaidgrass is a band whose foundation concept is a mixture of Celtic music instrumentation with a
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Fiery flatpicking on Guitarmageddon DVD
Flatpicking Guitar Magazine has released their latest concert DVD, following the familiar theme of grouping popular flatpickers they have set with previous releases. Guitarmageddon, co-produced with SimpleFolk Productions, showcases three young flatpicking firebrands who have been making their presence felt in
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S.S. Stewart’s Banjo & Guitar and Mandolin Journal
We don't think about it often, but these instruments we use to create bluegrass music existed before Monroe. The banjo has arguably undergone some evolution in the last 100 years, but the mandolin, fiddle, guitar, and bass haven't changed that
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Flatpick Jam Vol. 4 DVD
The latest DVD release from Flatpicking Guitar is Volume 4 in Brad Davis' Flatpick Jam series. Like the three that preceded it, this DVD is a play-along video where Brad demonstrates flatpicking solos for 11 tunes, and then plays each