John McEuen

John McEuen, a founding member of the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, is to receive the 2013 Charlie Poole Lifetime Achievement Award. Banjo player McEuen, who is scheduled to top the bill at the 18th Annual Charlie Poole Music Festival, is to

Speaking of Steve Martin (see previous post), here's another in our series of 2009 Red Carpet videos. These were filmed immediately prior to the IBMA Award Show. This particular video features Doug McKelway interviewing John McEueun, who was instrumental in the production

John McEuen will be a guest on today's (10/30) edition of Lonesome Pine RFD, airing on WFDU-FM in the New York City metro market. The interview was conducted by host Carol Beaugard earlier this week, when John stopped by the

Speed Of Life, the new CD from The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, was released on September 22, distributed by Sugar Hill Records. We'll have an interview with the band's "utility infielder," John McEuen,  as a part of our IBMA Red Carpet

The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band has lifetime bluegrass street cred, even if they never even thought about bluegrass music again. Their 1970 triple album, Will The Circle Be Unbroken, featured stellar guest performances by many of the stars and legends of

It's been great to see the tremendous interest in Steve Martin's upcoming banjo CD within the overlapping banjo and bluegrass communities. Martin has been a banjo picker since before he made it big, first as a comedian and later as a

Michael Martin Murphey carved his name in pop music granite back in 1975 when his Blue Sky, Night Thunder album was released on Epic Records. That record contained his two biggest hits, Wildfire and Carolina In The Pines, the latter of

We made note late last year of the fact that comedian, actor and banjo player Steve Martin was preparing to record an album of serious banjo music. The recording has been completed, produced by fellow banjo man John McEuen, with assistance

I don't know how many of our readers still watch Sesame Street, but maybe you've got some kids, or grandkids, who do. I just discovered that the Sesame Street label released a DVD earlier this summer featuring several bluegrass and

We found two interesting articles online that should be of interest to banjo pickers, and folks who enjoy banjo music. The first is a piece in today's Washington Post (1/19/07) on John McEuen. Written by Post staffer Richard Harrington, the article