15-year-old Edward Bennett of Penzance has recently returned from the USA with prizes from three youth banjo competitions.
Edward has been playing clawhammer banjo for less than 3 years, but won first place at old-time music festivals in Morehead, Kentucky and Clifftop, West Virginia, as well as third place at Galax, Virginia.
As old-time music is his [...]
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Edward is banjo champion
September 2nd, 2010
Leon’s banjo history
April 25th, 2010
An article on the history of the banjo is featured in the current issue of Acoustic Magazine.
Written by Leon Hunt, the article will be published in two parts with the first available now in the magazine’s May edition.
Acoustic Magazine is the UK’s most popular publication for acoustic music and often features articles and interviews [...]
LOST banjos?
April 1st, 2010
If you are a fan of both bluegrass and TV show LOST, you may be hoping for some banjo action before the series finally ends this summer.
Perhaps you’re hoping for alternate Daniel Faraday to be a Fleck-style banjo genius, or flashsideways Drive Shaft to be revealed as a Foggy Mountain Boys tribute band. Or maybe [...]
Feature: Banjos go commercial
March 29th, 2010
You may have noticed the sound of bluegrass music seeping into a surprising number of television shows recently.
The strains of banjo and dobro have become a favourite to play over pictures of landscapes and the general outdoors on programmes such as Countryfile.
On the commercial channels, banjos seem to be taking over the adverts [...]
Didders raffle announced
March 22nd, 2010
If you fancy acquiring a top-of-the-line banjo or mandolin then the newly announced Didmarton Bluegrass Festival raffle should be of interest.
This year the raffle is offering up prizes of a Midnight Hunt Phantom banjo from Tom Nechville and an Ashville Deluxe mandolin from Phil Davidson. Both Tom and Phil will be at the festival to [...]
Krugers at “Banjo 1000″
March 14th, 2010
A reminder that the amazing Kruger Brothers visit the UK later this month to headline at the “Banjo 1000″ event at Eagle Music, near Huddersfield.
This popular annual event has been rebranded this year to celebrate the company’s sales of Deering banjos, for which it has also been accorded the status of #1 World Dealership by Deering.
The [...]
Dangem Banjo Camp this month
February 9th, 2010
Dangem Banjo Camp will be taking place from 26th - 28th February, in Newtonabbey near Belfast.
The residential course promises to be “a weekend away from the toil and cares of everyday life, with nothing to do but learn about the 5-string banjo”.
Bluegrass banjo will be taught by John Dowling and clawhammer tuition will be [...]
Deering “Banjo 1000″ Event at Eagle Music
February 7th, 2010
Eagle Music Shop near Huddersfield will be hosting the Deering “Banjo 1000″ Event on March 20th.
The day celebrates the sale of 1000 Deering banjos by the store, and it will feature an evening concert from the Kruger Brothers and appearances by Greg and Janet Deering, owners of the Deering Banjo company.
During the day there will [...]
Jens Kruger DVD out this month
February 3rd, 2010
A new tuition DVD, Jens Kruger’s Banjo Method For Beginners, is released later this month.
The lesson is aimed at beginners, though will be useful for players of all standards, and covers tunes such as Will the Circle Be Unbroken, Grandfather’s Clock, Wildwood Flower and Shady Grove played in three-finger style. Jens’ teaching style is “liberating, [...]
Banjo:NYC
February 2nd, 2010
Village Productions are offering a bluegrass and old-time banjo clinic in the New York City metropolitan area this summer.
The workshop, called Metro Banjo, is a “premier, multi-day, five-string banjo clinic” and the organisers are encouraging UK banjo players to attend, claiming to be “just a short hop across the pond”.
The event has been designed to [...]
