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Seeing news about our photo coverage of the Red, White and Bluegrass festival prompted a note from Chris Jones and the Night Drivers as they were headed to Morganton yesterday for their fourth consecutive year of teaching and performing at the fest. They had two bits of news to share with out readers. Chris has [...]
Steve Martin will be featured this Sunday (6/19) on Sirius-XM, visiting with weekend host Ned Luberecki. Ned is not only a popular broadcaster, he is also a highly skilled practitioner of the banjo arts. He tours and records as a member of Chris Jones & The Night Drivers, and has a duo project with guitarist [...]
Hot on the heels of their debut CD release, Ned Luberecki and Stephen Mougin (aka Nedski & Mojo) are hitting the road this week. They start today (10/25) at the Mast Farm Inn in North Carolina, with our heroes moving up the east coast all week, finishing on Sunday in Weston, VT. This effort is [...]
This post is a contribution from Mike Reed, one of our 2010 IBMA correspondents. See his profile here. The IBMA workshop on "Maximizing Practice Time" was held today, presented by Ned Luberecki with Megan Lynch and Ryan Cavanaugh as panelists. As we have come to expect from Ned his approach to the workshop was light [...]
It can now be confirmed. The long-rumored and oft-promised debut CD from Ned Luberecki and Stephen Mougin will be available in late September, roughly during the IBMA World Of Bluegrass convention in Nashville. This is a side project for these noted industry pros. Luberecki is the regular banjo player with Chris Jones and the Night [...]
We posted last month about plans for American Made Banjo Company to launch a new "affordable banjo" series, starting with a pair of new models in their Kel Kroydon line. At that time, they had no photos to offer, which they have now remedied with a gallery on Facebook, and a pair of YouTube videos [...]
Among the guests on last night's (3/3) edition of Music City Roots were Nedski & Mojo (Ned Luberecki and Stephen Mougin). Both are familiar faces (and voices) in the bluegrass world, but typically in supporting roles. The Nedski & Mojo Show is their joint venture into the spotlight, as a side project when they are [...]
We've got news that The Nedski-Mojo Show recently exited the studio after completion of tracking for a new album featuring the songs they've been performing on tour. The song list includes "a pile" of originals from Stephen Mougin (who normally works with Sam Bush), and a number of "funny tunes" (Ned says his tunes aren't [...]
End-of-the-year tours offer unique opportunities to see familiar faces in new and interesting settings. Sometimes, it will be artists with special music, like Jerry Douglas and John Cowan, who each are touring in support of new Christmas albums. Or you may find sidemen touring together while their primary musical employers are taking some time off [...]
There are a number of great opportunities today/tomorrow to check out live music and interviews via online radio. This morning (11/13), Buddy Woodward of Dixie Bee-Liners will be with Carol Beaugard on WFDU. They will talk about the new Bee-Liners CD, Susanville, and The American Revival Tour they are currently working along with Sierra Hull [...]
