University Press of Mississippi has announced the release of a new book by old time banjo master Bob Carlin, entitled My Memories of John Hartford. It's a memoir of the friendship between Carlin and the late John Hartford, one of the
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Trip Around The Sun video from Bronwyn Keith-Hynes, featuring Dierks Bentley
Nashville fiddler and vocalist Bronwyn Keith-Hynes has released a third single from her upcoming album with Sugar Petunia Records, I Built A World. After winning fiddle contests throughout the mid Atlantic region as a teen, Bronwyn debuted professionally as a
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Vince Gill sings Bury Me Beneath the Willow on new Tony Trischka single
The latest single from Tony Trischka's upcoming Earl Jam: A Tribute To Earl Scruggs project, a star-studded recording featuring his transcriptions of Scruggs' solos from jams with John Hartford, is an arrangement of the timeless mountain folk song, Bury Me
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New IBMA webinar celebrates the life of Earl Scruggs
Attention banjo pickers and Earl Scruggs fans! The International Bluegrass Music Association is hosting a free webinar on May 15 offering a glimpse into the life of banjo innovator Earl Scruggs. It will be offered on the IBMA Facebook page at
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Johnny B. Goode video from Seth Mulder & Midnight Run
Rebel Records has announced a special, one-off single and music video from Seth Mulder & Midnight Run. Seth and the boys have applied their powerful, old time bluegrass sound to Chuck Berry's mega-hit, Johnny B. Goode, originally recorded at the birth
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Reuben’s Train video from Todd Taylor
What's this...? Rock 'n' roll banjo man Todd Taylor playing an Earl Scruggs tune? Someone must have gotten their signals crossed. Nope... Taylor is just returning to the Scruggs' style banjo he mastered in his youth, when he first came to
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Big Wheels video from Authentic Unlimited
Billy Blue Records has a music video this week for their current single with Authentic Unlimited, Big Wheels. And no, it has nothing to do with the popular children's three wheel bike. Written by AU bassist and vocalist Jerry Cole, this
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Wild Mountain Rose video from Full Cord
Simultaneous with the pre-sale announcement of a vinyl edition of their current Dark Shadow Recordings album, Cambium, Full Cord has released a music video for one of the songs, Wild Mountain Rose. The vinyl release is a collaboration between Dark Shadow
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Broadcast/podcast info for From The Top – Rural Episode
Back in February we reported that 16-year-old North Carolina banjo phenom, Bayla Davis, who plays with her siblings in Newfound Gap, had been chosen as a a 2023-’24 Learning and Media Lab Fellowship by From The Top, an organization that seeks to further
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Special programs at the Earl Scruggs Center in 2024
The Earl Scruggs Center in Shelby, NC, a museum and social center commemorating the contributions of the region's most famous native, has opened a new exhibit, Born of the Broad River: The Life and Career of Earl Scruggs in His