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In a piece broadcast today (7/18) on the BBC 4 Americana podcast, banjo player and collector Jim Mills offers British listeners some insight into the history and development of our beloved 5 string banjo. Jim takes the producers into his sanctum

The Gold family has sent along a few photos from the Gold Heart Media Tour this past weekend. They visited a number of television and radio shows Thursday and Friday, and taped a live segment on Saturday for the popular Song

Here's video of Sleepy Man Banjo Boys performing Ralph Stanley's Clinch Mountain Backstep on the Huckabee show earlier this evening. Little Jonny Mizzone is really tearing it up on banjo, with help from brothers Robbie on fiddle and Tommy on guitar.

Dennis Jones, host of Goin' Across The Mountain on WNCW, will be featuring music today (7/16) from the upcoming Pinecastle CD, The Blu-Disc from fellow North Carolinians, Nu-Blu. The album, due August 9, is based on the picking and singing of

After the rousing reception they received on The Late Show, it's no surprise to see Sleepy Man Banjo Boys popping up on other television programs. Saturday night (July 16), they are scheduled to appear on the Huckabee show, airing at 8:00

Gold Heart will be a featured performer on this afternoon's (7/15) edition of Blue Plate Special on WDVX, broadcasting at noon (EDT) from Knoxville, TN. The three singing Gold sisters (Analise, Jocelyn and Shelby), along with their dad Trent and crackerjack

In our Monday post about Rural Rhythm Records moving their operation from Los Angeles to Nashville, company President Sam Passamano alluded to some new media opportunities for their artists that would be announced soon. Soon was right. Rural Rhythm announced yesterday

This past weekend, the guys from Cumberland River trekked to Harlan, Kentucky to shoot not one, but two music videos in the sweltering heat. Anthony Ladd of Kneelindesign served as director and videographer, with Penni McDaniel of Hope River Entertainment as

CMT has released a web video of Sierra Hull performing a cover of Someone Like You, written and originally recorded by British pop songstress Adele. In addition to her road band, Highway 111, Sierra is accompanied by Ron Block, Justin Moses,

Chris Pandolfi, erstwhile banjoist for The Infamous Stringdusters and budding videographer, has introduced a fun new feature to 'Dusters' live shows. In something he calls a Stringdusters video autograph, Chris will attach your Flip camera to his banjo headstock for a