• Sierra Hull mandolin DVD from AcuTab

    AcuTab Publications has announced March 16 as the release date for their newest instructional DVD, Secrets Songs & Tunes by Sierra Hull. It offers four hours of insight and instruction from this young mandolin prodigy on two DVDs, with a

  • Free guitar tuner app from Gibson

    Gibson Guitars has released a free iPhone app that, while visually targeted at electric guitarists, contains a number of valuable features for any six stringer. Called appropriately enough, The Gibson Guitar App, it features a number of different tuners. There is

  • Fiddling around with Google

    Regular Google users have long recognized that the search engine giant creates custom graphics for their home page, incorporating the Google logo. Many of these custom logo graphics are themed for holidays or other special events, but today's (3/4) image features

  • Gryphon founder interviewed in Collectors Weekly

    Richard Johnston, co-founder of the venerable Gryphon Stringed Instruments in Palo Alto, CA, was recently interviewed by The Collectors Weekly web site. Johnston has earned a reputation as a luthier, and particularly as an historian and appraiser of vintage acoustic instruments.

  • ACM nominations go to several grassers

    Awards season has begun for the the Academy of Country Music. In addition to the nominations announced on Tuesday for all the glittery pop stars, a list of "lesser lights" was quietly passed out. This includes musicians, producers, engineers, radio hosts,

  • Bluegrass: A La Carte (3/2)

    Cinnamon Rolls With a Side of Bluegrass Gospel Roadfood Digest highlights a truckstop in Loveland, CO, recommending the Gospel Jam and the cinnamon rolls, in that order. "We’d suggest you attack a Johnson’s Corner cinnamon roll after the session, however, so as

  • Madison RK-R35 banjo from Recording King

    Recording King has announced a new addition to their bluegrass banjo line. The Madison RK-R35 is offered as a low cost student adaptation of the classic Mastertone-style banjo design. It utilizes a steam-bent 3 ply rim, bell-brass tone ring, one piece

  • Head banging banjo?

    The Deering Banjo Company has introduced acoustic/electric versions for two of their most popular models. Both their wildly successful beginner banjo, the Goodtime, and the Sierra, their lowest cost pro model, are now available outfitted with a Kavanjo banjo pickup installed.