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Pete Wernick informs us that a full scholarship is being offered for his Dr. Banjo jam camp held April 23-26 in Boomer, NC, just prior to Merlefest. 2012 will mark the 14th consecutive year Pete has held this event in North

Eight years is a long time between recordings, but that's how long it has been since jam grass favorites Leftover Salmon dropped a new album. But that will be remedied May 22 when Aquatic Hitchhiker is released on Los Records. The band

Though the official release date isn't until April 10, Rounder Records has released the latest Steep Canyon Rangers album, Nobody Knows You, for digital downloads today. Ranger's banjo man Graham Sharp says that as a special bonus for early adopters, pre-release

Yesterday (3/25), Boston's distaff grassers, Della Mae, played to a sold-out, hometown crowd at Club Passim. Here the band played some of their earliest gigs during the formative years, and Sunday's show featured both a triumphant homecoming, and an emotional

Dan Boner, Director of the ETSU Bluegrass, Old Time and Country Music program, has shared this news about a beloved faculty member who has gone on. E.C. Miller passed away around midnight. Among the most respected banjo players in East Tennessee,

The Tompkins Square label, based in San Francisco, has chosen a fun way to celebrate Record Store Day this year. Where many record companies highlight the long term contribution of record stores by re-releasing albums on vinyl, Tompkins Square is going

The new solo project by Lonesome River Band’s mandolinist/tenor vocalist Randy Jones, When Old Lonesome Comes Around, will be released on March 31st. This will be the first nationally-offered project that he has directed from top to bottom. The project features

A number of faculty positions have been announced in the Bluegrass, Old Time, and Country Music Studies program at East Tennessee State University. This department, organized under the ETSU School of Appalachian Studies, nows offers a bachelor's degree for studying American acoustic,

The Farm Hand Quartet, a bluegrass Gospel group featuring veteran grassers Tim Graves, Daryl Mosley and Kevin Williamson, are on the hunt for a new banjo player. The band is based in Nashville, and tours extensively throughout the central US. According to

We heard the other day from Arhoolie Records, with word of a new band in California. Loafer's Glory features noted west coast pickers Herb Pedersen on guitar, Bill Bryson on bass, Tom Sauber on fiddle, and Patrick Sauber on banjo. A self-titled album