That’s what the book is about, me and my responses. Does it bother you that quite possibly the most famous banjo song in pop culture is “Dueling Banjos” from “Deliverance”? It doesn’t ...

I started playing drums when I was eleven in the school band and then the banjo. I got bit by the bluegrass bug pretty bad.

Banjo scholar and musician Dom Flemons performs at Swallow Hill in Denver and Boulder's Chautauqua Community House, Nov. 9-10 ...

Bluegrass pioneer Earl Scruggs was born 100 years ago this week, and the tributes to the banjo picker have been many. On Friday, Tony Trischka, himself a banjo disciple of Scruggs, released a ...

He began playing the banjo at age 17, after hearing live bluegrass ... John and his brother had tried to get tickets to see Earl Scruggs perform at the Grand Ole Opry. The show was sold out ...

Alongside Bill Monroe, for whom he began serving apprenticeship as a Bluegrass Boy in 1944, Scruggs’ pioneering three-finger banjo style ... a 32-page book, Best of 2024 CD and more ...

First among them was the legendary Earl Scruggs, the man who pioneered the three-finger roll style of playing banjo that turned ... Occasionally Bill Wells would book a national act to come ...

plus sessions and interviews with bluegrass legend Earl Scruggs. Dylan’s “Never Ending Tour” continues throughout early December, including a 10-night residency at New York’s Beacon Theatre.

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By Dave Kim The celebrity chef’s second children’s book, “Billy and the Epic Escape,” faced accusations that it stereotyped First Nations people in Australia. By Ali Watkins Our ...