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Terry McGill, who plays banjo with New Jersey-based Straight Drive, has written a new banjo book, recently published by Mel Bay. The book is Alternate Tunings for Five-string Banjo Played Bluegrass Style, and is described as the first three-finger style banjo instruction book written specifically for the bluegrass banjoist wishing to explore alternate tunings. It [...]
As the International Bluegrass Music Association is at pains to remind us, bluegrass music is a truly worldwide phenomenon. Though the IBMA is based in the US, and the largest part of the membership resides here, no small part of their focus is on the furtherance of the music outside of this country. The continued [...]
If you live within a comfortable drive of Bristol, TN, Bluegrass Today and The Paramount Center can offer you a chance to see Tony Rice and Mountain Heart in concert this Saturday. Five winners will each receive 2 tickets to the show on April 12, a show poster signed by Tony and the guys, plus [...]
Canadian banjoist Jayme Stone was among the winners in this past weekend's JUNO Awards ceremonies in Calgary. The awards are given by the Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (CARAS) each year to Canadian recording artists and professionals for excellence in pop, jazz, classical, rock, country and a variety of roots and traditional music [...]
One of Ireland's most prominent bluegrass artists is Niall Toner, and he is set to release his third CD of original music later this month. Niall tells us that the new project features ten songs and two instrumentals, and will be on the Avalon Records label. He also invites everyone to visit the Niall Toner [...]
When we spoke with Dan Tyminski back in February, he mentioned that he was hoping that his new CD, Wheels, would be released in May of this year. A few weeks back, Rounder indicated that it would be out on June 17, and their web site now shows a release date of June 24. I [...]
The IBMA is offering reduced membership fees during the month of April for new professional members. The annual dues are normally $70, but this month anyone who is not a member of the organization and who fits the criteria for professional membership can join for $45. Details from IBMA... Discount Membership Eligibility: $45 rate is [...]
If you've done business with Huber Banjos in the last few years, chances are you had a conversation with Sam Calveard. Sam handled customer service at Huber from 2005 to 2007, and made a lot of friends during his time on staff. He has been a long-time friend to the banjo world in general, having [...]
Starting Monday April 7, we will be running a number of promotional giveaways here on Bluegrass Today. On Monday and Tuesday (4/7-8) any registered user of the site will be able to download a free track from the new Gibson Brothers CD, Iron & Diamonds. The free track will be in MP3 format, and a [...]
John Pennell, bass player with The Charlie Sizemore Band, asked us to post this remembrance of his friend, Wayne Fields, who died on March 21. Wayne played banjo with Sizemore, and is featured on his recent CD, Good News, released in 2007. Pennell is a member of Sizemore's band as well, and is a noted [...]
