Spanish banjo master Lluis Gomez has released a new music video for one of the tracks on his current album, Dotze Contes. It's for the pop song What A Wonderful World, written by Bob Thiele and George David Weiss, which
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Time to apply for the 2017 IBMA Youth Stage
Do you have a young bluegrass band with at least two members 25 years of age or younger, and would like to showcase your music at the 2017 World of Bluegrass Convention in Raleigh, NC this summer, now is the
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Penny Parsons to speak at Earl Scruggs Center
Penny Parsons, author of Foggy Mountain Troubadour - The Life and Music of Curly Seckler, will speak on Friday (May 19) at The Earl Scruggs Center in Shelby, NC. She will talk about Curly's time with Flatt & Scruggs, his
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More bluegrass cartoons from Rick Cornish
Rick Cornish has shared another batch of his bluegrass cartoons, illustrate by Donna Miklica, from their new book, Bluegrass - Funnier Than It Sounds. See if you pick up a theme...Rick and Donna's book, with 160 pages of bluegrass humor, can
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All Dressed Up video with Alternative Strings
Earlier this year, Joe Mullins & The Radio Ramblers did a performance with Alternative Strings, a group of middle and high school students in Centerville, OH who meet after school to learn string music, including traditional mountain tunes. Their director, Doug
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Deering 100,000th auction to benefit IBMA Trust Fund
Greg and Janet Deering with Stan Werbin and Cynthia Bridge and Deering's 100,000th banjo. Deering Banjos and Elderly Instruments are working together to auction a very special instrument to benefit the IBMA Trust Fund. The fund was established in 1987 as a means
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Country Current plays bluegrass at Nats Park
Last week the Washington Nationals invited US Navy Band Country Current to the ball park to take part in a Navy celebration day. Guitarist and vocalist Kenny Ray Horton sang the national anthem at the start of the game, and
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Sound Sessions from Smithsonian Folkways on Radio Bristol
Radio Bristol has been adding new programs left and right this year, utilizing the wealth of great music and great musical knowledge to be found in northeast Tennessee and southwest Virginia. For the station’s latest program, however, they’ve called upon
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Wedding Dress video from Red Herring
We all know the term red herring to mean a diversion or distraction; something to throw us off a scent. It's an old expression, often used in argument, to describe an attempt to deflect your attention. But it's also the name
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Claire Lynch talks about her Thompson guitar
Preston Thompson Guitars in Oregon continues to make inroads with bluegrass artists,winning them over with their close craftsmanship and attention to detail in vintage-style construction. Today they are proud to offer this video of their latest endorser, Claire Lynch, demonstrating her










