• ZZZZzzzzzz…

    This post is a contribution from Grace Van't Hof, one of our 2010 IBMA correspondents. She will report about her experiences at IBMA as she tries to promote her group, Della Mae. The exhaustion has already set in. I told myself

  • Checking in with Chris Pandolfi

    I had a chance to speak with Chris Pandolfi of The Infamous Stringdusters today, and he caught me up on a couple of projects he is working on going into the Fall. The band is heading into the studio next

  • Ron Block in the studio

    Alison Krauss & Union Station got started on their next studio recording this past weekend, tracking at Sound Emporium in Nashville. Steve Huber visited the studio on Monday (8/3) to tweak a couple of banjos for Ron Block, and sent us

  • US-made banjo hardware bonanza

    Just this past week, two major US banjo manufacturers have announced the availability of banjo hardware made to vintage specifications. Both Huber Banjos and American Made Banjo Co. are now producing parts for sale to banjo builders - both professional and

  • Ron Block comments on his new Huber

    We posted an announcement last week of the new Huber Ron Block model banjo. It is a near-replica of the pre war Granada Ron has been playing for many years, which was designed and will be marketed with his cooperation. Ron,

  • Huber Banjos launches Vintage Series

    Huber Banjos got its start in 1997 when Steve Huber introduced his Vintage Flathead banjo tone ring. Steve's earlier investigations had shown him that the alloys used in most modern banjo tone rings differed significantly from that which was used