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Here's a twist on a bluegrass instrumental standard, whether you know it as Duelin' Banjos, Fussin' Banjos, Fuedin' Banjos, or any of several similar names. It comes from the Bottom Dollar Boys of Florida, who teamed up with Dr. Haiqiong Deng,

Pinecastle Records has released a performance music video for Daryl Mosley's new Christmas song this season. It's one he wrote with Rick Lang, An Old Fashioned Christmas, very much in keeping with Mosley's penchant for nostalgia about the old days and

As we approach Christmas 2022, Chosen Road has another performance video from their current album, Appalachian Christmas. This one is for Ralph Stanley favorite Christmas Is Near, sung by mandolinist Zach Alvis in duet with bassist Josh Hicks, with guitarist Jonathan

The California Bluegrass Association has announced that the popular Julian Family Fiddle Camp, a five day workshop in Julian, CA, is now part of the CBA. Despite the name, the Camp offers instruction in old-time and bluegrass style fiddle, flat-pick and

Noted Nashville fiddle player and instructor, Megan Lynch, has announced the release of her latest instructional book, 16 Easy Bluegrass and Old-Time Fiddle Songs, published by Bethany Olds Music and Troy Nelson Music. As the title suggests, this new manual is

Noted bluegrass artist Ron Block appeared on local Nashville television yesterday to talk about his new book, Abiding Dependence: Living Moment by Moment in the Love of God, which we covered earlier this month. Ron, of course, has played banjo and

From Finland comes a new single from Jussi Syren & The Groundbreakers on Bluelight Records, with an assist from Michael Cleveland on fiddle. It's a new song Syren has written called Across the Rolling Tide in which an older man looks

As Mile Twelve prepares for the release of their third full length, self produced album, they have created a performance video for a second single, a new song written by guitarist Evan Murphy called Johnny Oklahoma. It explores novel territory for

The West Virginia Music Hall of Fame in Charleston has announced their inductees for 2022, after missing two years during the pandemic shutdowns. Included among this year's honorees are two bluegrass artists that have contributed greatly during their careers, Buddy Griffin,

Anyone who writes for a living, or simply enjoys good writing, has probably given some thought to the notion that artificial intelligence could someday making human scribblers redundant. The degree to which computers trained to do so can create written