Bluegrass At Large

  • Ron Stewart and the Yates banjo

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    Regular readers of Bluegrass Today should be accustomed to reading rave reviews here of the work of Ron Stewart. Ron has established himself as perhaps the premier session player in and around bluegrass - on both fiddle and banjo -

  • Donna Stoneman on electric mandolin

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    I saw this video of Donna Stoneman really rockin'out on her electric mandolin doing Bluegrass Stomp withn her sister Ronnie on tamborine, This was a real boundry overstepper like in the mid 60s ala Hullabaloo

  • Curly Seckler still keeps busy

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    Despite his age, 88 and looking very well too, Curly Seckler continues to be professionally active. Recently he has appeared on the public TV affiliated Song of the Mountains show, firstly with the Steep Canyon Rangers and then with Larry Sparks. Song

  • Bobby Hicks recovering nicely

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    We posted back in April that fiddle master Bobby Hicks had broken the ring finger of his left hand, and had undergone surgery to repair the damage. Imagining how devastating such an injury could be to a musician, we were delighted

  • Banjos at NAMM

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    Tim Carter of The Carter Brothers sent along a couple of photos from the Summer NAMM show, being held in Nashville this weekend. NAMM (National Association of Music Merchandisers) holds two large trade shows each year, where manufacturers and distributors of

  • Calton Cases – change of ownership, expansion

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    A number of changes were announced earlier this week regarding the ownership and manufacturing of the ever-so-elusive Calton Cases in North America. These hand-molded fiberglass cases have long been favored by traveling musicians for their ruggedness and superior protection, holding

  • Bluegrass Today Wordled

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    If you've been reading blogs for any amount of time, you've probably seen a "Tag Cloud" on one of them. A Tag Cloud takes all the tags used on the blog and generates a visual representation of those tags, more