Author: Brance

Our friend Tim May has put together a new workshop/camp for guitarists, aimed at providing more personalized, higher level instruction than normally available at camps and workshops. The intention is for intermediate to advanced players to come get three days

Could picking the banjo be the answer to your investment concerns? Possibly. Everyone, I'm guessing even bluegrass fans, who is invested in the market got a bit worried last week when things went topsy turvy. This morning I was browsing the

Just for fun we decided to run an Awards Poll again this year. Like previous years, it mirrors the IBMA final ballot in structure and form. Five nominees in 17 categories. You may vote only once. We do require that you be a

We've all seen it happen. An all night bluegrass jam, a disgruntled neighbor, a pumpkin through a window. OK, I've never seen that happen. Here's the story. Sunday evening, somewhere in St. Joseph County, Indiana, a few friends were having an all

Not a lot of bluegrass content here, but if you are a fan of the Alison Krauss/Robert Plant combo and would like to see them live, here's your chance. The Austin City Limits Music Festival is taking place September 26-28. The

The US Navy Band Country Current, is holding immediate auditions to fill the Mandolin/Guitar vacancy left by the imminent departure of Frank Solivan. The gig involves playing mandolin with the bluegrass unit and electric guitar with the country band. Frank

The Steep Canyon Rangers have decided that those who haven't seen them live, shouldn't be excluded from the experience. To that end, they've began posting live tracks from recent shows on their myspace page. Currently there are two tracks from

Band names are always fun. We've talked about them before and told you stories of where they come from. We recently brought you news of Frank Solivan's new band, Dirty Kitchen. We thought it would be fun to explore why

We recently concluded a promotion in which we gave away a large quantity of free CDs from GrooveGrass Records. The CD being, The Best of Del McCoury - The GrooveGrass Years. If you were one of the lucky winners, be patient,

For a musician, there aren't many things more fearsome than developing a tremor in your picking hand. Eddie Adcock decided not to sit idly by and live with a diminished skill level due to such a complication. During the month