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During the rush to post the 2007 IBMA Award Nominees last week, we neglected to mention the announcement of two other awards which will be presented on October 4, 2007 at the International Bluegrass Music Awards show in Nashville. These are not nominations which appear on the final ballot, but awards recipients which were determined [...]
We posted last Friday with a story out of Folsom, CA regarding a stolen banjo and how police were closing in on the bandits after they attempted to pawn it - and were captured on video surveillance cameras. Yesterday's Sacramento Bee reports that the banjo has been recovered, but suggests that the perpetrators may have [...]
A track from King Wilkie's latest CD, Low Country Suite, has been selected as the Discovery Download in iTunes for this week. Any iTunes subscriber can get the track (Wrecking Ball) at no charge starting tomorrow (8/21) through next Monday (8/27). This is part of iTunes' weekly New Music Tuesday, where they highlight new recordings [...]
Recording King has announced the latest model in their Artist series of banjos, designed to appeal to players looking for a banjo with professional quality features at a lower price than the major American builders. The Artist Supreme features a figured maple neck and resonator, engraved gold-plated parts, and an extremely intricate mother-of-pearl vine pattern [...]
As they had promised earlier this summer, The Infamous Stringdusters have some new live tracks for free download on their MySpace page. The new tunes are This Weary Heart and 40 West, offering a fine chance to hear this young band on a Stanley Brothers classic and one of their more progressive instrumentals. Both were [...]
The Donkeys, from Ivan Rosenberg and Billy Cardine, may not be the only dobro CD to open with a banjo duet, but it's the first one I've found to do so. OK... so it's not really a dobro CD, but both Rosenberg and Cardine are known primarily for their work as resophonic guitarists, and my [...]
The Grascals have announced a promotional partnership with Mayberry's Finest, a new brand of Southern-style canned and packaged foods whose marketing is based on the ever-popular Andy Griffith Show. The band will advertise the products during their live shows, in print, radio and television ads, and have recorded the Mayberry's Finest jingle which can be [...]
America's Most Wanted - Banjo Edition... CBS 13 in Sacramento, CA has the news of two banjo bandits who obtained a priceless 1931 Vegavox tenor banjo via burlarious entry into the owner's car in late July, and recently attempted to sell it to a pawn shop in Folsom. The pawn shop had been alerted about [...]
Cherryholmes will be featured on Opry Live this Saturday, during the televised portion of The Grand Ole Opry broadcast on GAC TV. The show airs at 8:00 p.m. (ET) on Saturday (8/18), and again that same evening at midnight. It repeats at noon and 7:00 p.m. on Sunday (8/19), and once more on Tuesday (8/21) [...]
Here are a few photos taken during this morning's 2007 IBMA Award nominees press conference. The announcements were made from the theater at the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum in Nashville. You can find the complete list of nominees here - which includes links to the various nominees' webs sites and audio samples [...]
