Ryan Cavanaugh – a banjo anomaly

The national popularity of bluegrass music might ebb and flow with social and artistic trends, but the quality of picking and musical ability has stayed on an impressively upward trajectory throughout the decades. Anyone who keeps up with the music knows that this is especially true in the world of banjos. We see the newest [...]

Carolina Road video with John Conlee

John ConleeLorraine Jordan & Carolina Road have released a fourth music video from their latest album, Country Grass. The theme of the project is pairing Lorraine and her crack bluegrass boys with a bevy of country singers for a mashup that's, well... Country Grass. Here we find the band with country crooner John Conlee, revisiting his 1983 [...]

Gold Heart sightseeing in Italy

Gold Heart took their family-style bluegrass to central Europe this month, visiting Austria and Germany on their travels. They promised to send along a few reports as they go. This last one comes from fiddler and younger sister, Shelby Gold, detailing a side trip to Italy. The band is now safely back home in northern Virginia. Well, [...]

2015 California Banjo Extravaganza

The 2015 California Banjo Extravaganza is set to roll across the northern sections of the Golden State later this week. Host and performer Bill Evans has brought top banjo pickers from the eastern and central portions of the country to entertain in his backyard each Fall for the past several years, and it's that time again. [...]

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