D’Addario Strings has announced a new partnership with Eastman Guitars to provide strings for shipping on all of their new instruments, including acoustic and electric guitars, and mandolins. Eastman has been very aggressive in providing both Asian-made orchestral instruments to the
(right) Vernon McQueen on guitar at The Brown County Barn (10/13/63). Jim Bessire on Bass, Roger Smith on fiddle, Gary Hedrick (hidden) on mandolin, Neil Rosenberg on banjo, and David Hedrick on banjo. Photo © Jim Peva. Vernon McQueen, one-time Blue
Australia's Davidson Brothers have released a music video for one of the songs on their upcoming All You Need Is Music CD. It features their trademark blend of bluegrass and country music, which are not so cleanly segmented in the Australian
Once again, the Dreadnaughts Unlimited Scholarship Fund will be raffling a professional quality acoustic guitar during Steve Kaufman's 2017 Acoustic Kamps in order to fund a full scholarship for one needy picker to attend the Kamp of their choice. This year
WBCM-Radio Bristol, housed in the Birthplace Of Country Music Museum has been making waves on the radio air waves since its beginning, a little over a year ago. The eclectic programming attracts people's ear from all over the globe. Playing
Would you be inclined to travel to South Africa to see and photograph plains wildlife in their natural habitat? How about to study guitar with bluegrass master, Tim Stafford? Well... how about both? Tim will be working with Music Safari Workshops
The founders of New York City's popular Bottom Line night club have released on CD a classic recording made by Ralph Stanley there back in 2002. Ralph Stanley: Live At The Bottom Line features the good Doctor performing many of his
Martha Moore, a Nashville-based publicist who has served both the bluegrass and country music markets, will be honored later this year when she is inducted into the SOURCE Hall of Fame. SOURCE was formed in 1991 as a resource for women
Frank Solivan & Dirty Kitchen have long been associated with great music and great food. Their run as bluegrass entertainment professionals has seen them reaching new goals year after year with a high-energy stage show and several successful recordings, and
Sad news for midwestern flatpick guitar players. St Louis Flatpick, which has been operating annually in early spring this past 12 years, will come to an end after this month's final weekend event. Hosted by Bull and Tammy Harman since its
