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 [...]
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Leon’s banjo history
April 25th, 2010
Sore Fingers video needs soundtrack
April 15th, 2010
Sore Fingers Week student Matt Miles is looking for people who would like to participate in the making of a short film about the music camp.
Matt shot over 3 hours of footage at this year’s event and is hoping to create a 10 minute movie with a soundtrack provided by fellow musicians from the course. [...]
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 [...]
Butler’s Boudoir Bluegrass tonight
January 21st, 2010
Butler’s Boudoir Bluegrass, a radio show for British and European bluegrass music, will be broadcast this evening and tomorrow afternoon on UKCountryRadio.com.
The programme is broadcast on the third Thursday of the month at 8pm, with a repeat the next day at 4pm. This month’s featured band is Sons of Navarone.
For more details and to listen [...]
Butler’s Boudoir Bluegrass tonight
December 17th, 2009
Butler’s Boudoir Bluegrass, a radio show for British and European bluegrass music, will be broadcast this evening and tomorrow afternoon on UKCountryRadio.com.
The programme is broadcast on the third Thursday of the month at 8pm, with a repeat the next day at 4pm. This month’s featured band is Monroe’s Revenge.
For more details and to listen to [...]
Young Folk Award on radio tonight
December 9th, 2009
Highlights from last week’s Young Folk Award final, which included The Carrivick Sisters, will be broadcast on BBC Radio 2 tonight (9th).
The Mike Harding Show will feature performances from all six finalists, plus the official announcement of the winner.
It will be on Radio 2 from 7 - 8.30pm, and on iPlayer after this time. Further [...]
Musical twins in talent contest
November 25th, 2009
The Carrivick Sisters compete in the final of the BBC Young Folk Award next week.
The twins are up against five other acts from across the UK, with the music emcompassing traditional Irish and Scottish music, English folk ballads and Gaelic singing. Prizes for the winner include a recording session for Radio 2 plus appearances at [...]
NEBB on LTV
November 19th, 2009
As reported last week, New Essex Bluegrass Band are due to perform on Lithuanian television on Friday evening.
The band will be in the country to play at the Vilnius Bluegrass Festival, but will also appear on LTV’s Duokim garo! which - according to Google Translate - is an “adventurous, live broadcast” and a “get-together [...]
Butler’s Boudoir Bluegrass tomorrow
November 18th, 2009
Butler’s Boudoir Bluegrass, a radio show for British and European bluegrass music, will be broadcast Thursday evening and Friday afternoon on UKCountryRadio.com.
The programme, hosted by Lynne Butler, is broadcast on the third Thursday of the month at 8pm, with a repeat the next day at 4pm. This month’s featured band is Papa Truck.
Lynne now presents [...]
Steve Martin on Later
November 9th, 2009
Steve Martin will appear on this week’s episodes of Later on BBC2.
He will perform on Later Live at 10pm tomorrow night (10th), and on Later…with Jools Holland on Friday (13th) at 11.35pm. Both shows will be available to watch on BBC iPlayer after being broadcast.
Steve is in the UK for tonight’s performance with the Steep [...]
