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The editors and contributors of Acoustic Guitar magazine have compiled their personal lists of their favorite acoustic albums of 2011. Each contributor picked their ten top albums, making for a total of 100 CDs chosen. While a good many of

Here's the incomparable Béla Fleck with a solo banjo medley of Christmas favorites recorded in a 2009 Flecktones concert in Chicago. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kUlR8Jb__aM

As part of her year-long A Song A Day video project, Heather Berry has switched into Christmas mode this past week or so. Unsurprisingly, many of the videos include tracks from her current release, Have A Merry Berry Christmas, on Mountain

After posting the news that Dan Hays is ready to move on from IBMA to the Franklin Theatre, we have obtained some additional details about the ongoing search for his successor at IBMA. Board Chair Stan Zdonik tells us that more

Outgoing IBMA director Dan Hays has accepted a new position with the Franklin Theatre in Franklin, TN. Hays expects to begin work with Franklin early in 2012, dividing his time with IBMA until a new Executive Director of the organization is

Lonesome River Band has released a promotional video, shot prior to and during a recent performance at  the Hayes Performing Arts Center in Blowing Rock, NC. It features Sammy and the guys on a set of material from their current Rural Rhythm

We've posted several times this past two weeks about banjo superstar Alan Munde and his unexpected quintuple bypass surgery just before Thanksgiving. Talk about bouncing back quickly! Here is video of Alan at his first post-surgical jam this past weekend when

And speaking of Monroeville... The guys have released a live video highlighting their newest member, Eli Johnston. In so doing, they also demonstrate that fears about the future of traditional bluegrass music are both ignorant and unfounded. These six talented young men,

Young English banjo player John Breese recently graduated from the University of Southampton, having completed a year-long Masters course in Music, majoring in classical guitar. For one of his modules Breese made a film Bluegrass & Old-Time: An Exploration of the

The deadline for applications to be considered for the Executive Director position with the International Bluegrass Music Association is this Thursday, December 15. Outgoing Director Dan Hays has asked us to remind our readers of that fact, and to encourage anyone