Bluegrass At Large

  • Autographed Walker CD to benefit MDA

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    Brance posted a few weeks ago that Bradley Walker would be performing on this year's Jerry Lewis Telethon, aired annually on national television in support of the Muscular Dystrophy Association. Walker suffers from the disease, and is confined to a

  • Cryos For A Cause

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    The American Made Banjo Company has launched a new fund raising effort based on their line of cryogenically-treated banjo strings. The program is called Cryos For A cause, and offers a dozen or more signature banjo string sets recommended by

  • Jamie Dailey: Bluegrass Ambassador

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    We are all aware of the tensions surrounding international diplomacy these days. Instability in the Middle East and the rising economic power of China are two major concerns not only of Americans, but also our international friends and partners. Some of

  • Randy Kohrs: video shoot excitement

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    Randy Kohrs and his band, The Lites, just wrapped a video shoot the other day for the next single from their current CD, Old Photograph. The song is titled Who's Goin' With Me. We told you about this shoot (here)

  • Festival la Roche-sur Foron

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    This post is a contribution from Lilly Pavlak, who runs Lilly's Bluegrass Agency in Switzerland. She also works as a music journalist in Europe. We thank her for sharing this report, and the photos from the festival. Last week I returned

  • Mark Johnson & Emory Lester

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    Mark Johnson & Emory Lester "Acoustic Rising" Nominated for the 2007 IBMA "INSTRUMENTAL ALBUM OF THE YEAR" Hey everybody, we just want to say thank you for all the love and support that everyone has sent our way over the years and especially

  • Bluegrass Rhythm Guitar resources

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    I am looking for some good resources for bluegrass rhythm guitar. I was asked to teach a small group of beginners and I have fallen down a rabbit hole of "what is bluegrass rhythm guitar" anyway!? I am

  • Banjo bandits ransom ill-gotten goods?

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    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

  • Caouette Music Scholarship

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    Bernie Caouette(MA), builder of Caouette Banjos, passed away from cancer in June, 2006. In the few years he was building banjos, several professional musicians chose to play a hand~crafted Caouette Banjo.....Jake Jenkins with Karl Shiflett & Big Country Show(TX),