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Mar 28.2025

Steve Martin & Alison Brown release new music

If you are looking for some new music, then look no further than the new single from Alison Brown and Steve Martin, featuring the remarkable Tim O'Brien! 

Aug 18.2017

What Is a Plectrum Banjo?

Stand a plectrum banjo up against your average five-string banjo and at first glance, you might not spot the difference. Both types of instrument have almost...

Aug 9.2017

Bluegrass and Blue Water Music Cruise! Picking on the High Seas!

If you want to trade the cold January winter for a blend of bluegrass and blue skies, this is the perfect opportunity! You are invited to join us for 6 days of...

Aug 3.2017

3 Tips for Everyday Banjo Care

Keeping a banjo in top notch playing condition doesn’t have to be a difficult or time consuming task. Keeping a banjo in pristine condition is easier than you...

Aug 1.2017

5 Tips To Make the Most Of Your Banjo Lessons

Banjo lessons from a qualified teacher will accelerate your progress much faster than learning by purely trial and error. To make the most of your banjo...

Jul 31.2017

How To Read Banjo Tab

Banjo tab or tablature is a way of reading and writing banjo music that has similarities to standard musical notation, but is much easier to read, and gives...

Jul 28.2017

A Brief History of Minstrel Banjo

Contemporary banjos, with their metal strings, frets, and tension hoops, tone rings, etc., have come a long way since their ancestor instruments crossed the...

Jul 20.2017

Ukulele Sizes – Soprano, Concert, Tenor & Baritone

There are few instruments as easy to just pick up and play as the humble ukulele. With a few chords memorized, anybody can start producing those chilled,...

Jun 21.2017

Kavanjo Banjo Pickup System: Advice and Tips by John Kavanaugh

Magnetic pickups are nothing new to the millions of guitarists in the world. Their dependability and versatility is undisputed. Finally - this style of pickup,...

Jun 21.2017

Mark Johnson Talks About the New Deering Clawgrass No. 2 Banjo

Mark Johnson, the father of the Clawgrass style of banjo playing, talks about the new Deering Clawgrass No. 2 banjo that was displayed for the first time at...

Jun 21.2017

Using Your Guitar Technique On the 5 String Banjo

Most guitar players look at the 5 string banjo as a completely new instrument. Something that you would need to learn a completely new tuning and approach to...

Kristin Scott Benson chooses the Deering Golden Series banjos
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