Earl Scruggs News

FORWARD OPERATING BASE KALSU, Iraq a ' With influences like Earl Scruggs and Jody King, it would be hard for someone not to fall in love with the simplicity and the complexity of blue grass music.

People from all over the United States know that North Carolina is the Banjo State.

"First contest, first first-place," said Brennen Ernst, a 15-year-old banjo player from Leesburg, Va., minutes after picking up a blue ribbon at the 85th annual Ole Time Fiddler's and Bluegrass Festival in Union Grove, N.C. It was afternoon on the festival's second day, and Brennen, wearing a black derby and a pink T-shirt, had been playing all but ...

In 1968, a young Texas-born musician named David Holt took his banjo and traveled to the heart of the Appalachian Mountains.

Acclaimed mandolin player Tony Williamson will put his considerable skills on display Friday when he plays a show with The Trio at downtown hotspot Bottega.

They are the two-by-fours that make up country music's earliest construction, rootsy legends whose very names conjure never-faded invention and old-timey amusements.

HARDLY STRICTLY BLUEGRASS FESTIVAL 2009 FREE in Golden Gate Park - First Round of Artists The 9th Annual Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival will once again come to San Francisco's Speedway Meadows in Golden Gate Park.

From a Wendy's parking lot in Kentucky Thursday afternoon, Phillip Bostic talked about his trip to see the legendary Earl Scruggs play his banjo Friday.

Camera locked and loaded, Duane Heafner approached one of his musical inspirations.

New CD Steve Martin The Crow: New Songs for the Five-String Banjo Rounder Records 4 stars out of 5 Steve Martin, best known as a comedic performer/writer, also happens to be a world class banjo player.

News : Destination Cleveland County Honor Earl Scruggs and Don Gibson BMNN wrote: on Jun.

I Can Go Back Anytime Carrie Hassler & Hard Rain Writer: Jennifer Strickland CHHR2, Rural Rhythm Full Survey available in the print edition - o - o Reviews - June 2009 Rounder Records 11661-0647-2 Every time I hear of an actor deciding to explore his or her music muse, my expectations for the finished product aren't high because of past examples ...

Local duo to open for Earl Scruggs' return to Shelby 0 0 Wednesday, May 27 2009, 10:48 am Emily Killian WANT TO WIN FREE TICKETS? Leave a comment at the bottom of the story explaining why you want to win the free tickets.

He's talking banjo. Not banjokes -- like How can you make a million bucks as a banjo player? Start with 2 million -- but serious, hammer-on pull-off five-string bluegrass conversation.

Announcement : New Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs Blog Online! BMNN wrote: on May 23, 2009: Tom Thomas announced on the bluegrass list about his great new bluegrass web site -- The Flatt & Scruggs Blog Site .

Grammy Award-winning bluegrass fiddler Bobby Hicks will will perform Sunday, May 31, in the first public event at the new Greeneville Dogwood Park Amphitheater.

Alison Brown went from playing banjo outside of Shakey's Pizza in La Mesa to performing with Alison Krauss + Union Station, being named the Banjo Player of the Year by the International Bluegrass Music Association, and starting her own label, Compass Records.

Jim Shumate, a well-known fiddler who played with bluegrass pioneer Bill Monroe, as well as Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs, has been added to the lineup for the Bluegrass in Wilkes festival on Saturday.

Earl Scruggs will be the guest this week on Track-By-Track , airing for the first time today at 11:00 a.m. on Bluegrass Junction, the Sirius-XM bluegrass channel.

This column, containing brief reviews of recent CD releases by Richard Thompson, is published in the current edition of British Bluegrass News.