Things have been moving fast for West Virginia guitarist Jake Eddy. Not many months ago he was an obscure flatpicker, working on bluegrass with his brother around home, and posting videos on YouTube. Last summer, we heard a powerful track he
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Ridge Road Gravel from Bob Minner and Chris Eldridge
Engelhardt Music Group has released a single from their new project with guitarist/vocalist Bob Minner, and his tribute to the iconic flatpicker, Norman Blake. The record is titled From Sulphur Springs to Rising Fawn: The Songs of Norman Blake, and contains
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Contemporary Bluegrass Backup Guitar from Mel Bay
If you've been thinking of learning to play bluegrass rhythm on the guitar, or spice up your backup picking if you're already a guitarist, Mel Bay Publications has a new book that may be just the ticket. Entitled Contemporary Bluegrass Backup
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Dr. Herringbone’s Tone Traveler to assist breaking in instruments
If you have been involved in the fretted stringed instrument world for any period of time, you will have surely heard stories about leaving a new guitar or mandolin in front of a speaker to help break it in. The
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Weary Old Highway from Jim Hurst with Darin & Brooke Aldridge
Pinecastle Records has released a second single for their upcoming solo project for Jim Hurst, From The Ground Up. With Jim's well deserved reputation as a skilled guitar man, it is easy to forget what a profoundly talented vocalist he is
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Wayne Henderson Guitar Competition returns this year
The organizers of the annual Wayne Henderson Festival, held in Grayson Highlands State Park in Mouth of Wilson, Virginia, are delighted to announce that not only will the festival return in 2022 after two COVID cancellations, but that the very popular
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Steve Mandell Memorial Music Scholarship Fund awards announced
The recipients of the 2021 Steve Mandell Memorial Music Scholarship Fund grants have been announced. These awards are offered annually to assist those seeking to learn, develop, and enhance their music education in folk, bluegrass, old-timey, or other acoustic Americana
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Bryan Sutton’s Blue Ridge Guitar Camp can finally be held in 2022
Bryan Sutton's Blue Ridge Guitar Camp, announced to great fanfare in 2019 for May 2020, will actually be able to take place in 2022 after two years of postponements due to COVID restrictions. The Camp, hosted at the Brevard Music Center
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Molly Tuttle returns to her bluegrass roots with Crooked Tree
Molly Tuttle could be considered a wunderkind. With four critically acclaimed solo releases in nearly as many years, she's risen to the highest pantheons of gifted young guitarists, and excelled in such a way as to assure her own superstardom.
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Billy Strings on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Billy Strings and his bluegrass band made their debut performance last night on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, airing on CBS television. He chose the opening track from his current Renewal album, Know It All, written by Billy with Jon