Bluegrass College, the online learning centre for bluegrass musicians, has announced it will not be adding any new lessons to the site for the foreseeable future.
One of the site’s founders, Brian Wicklund, explained “Like so many other businesses, we’ve been affected by the world recession. We are fortunate that many people still purchased [...]
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Bluegrass College takes a break
May 6th, 2010
Get ready for Sore Fingers
April 1st, 2010
Sore Fingers Week is just a few days away and will begin on April 5th.
The annual bluegrass and old-time camp has many top tutors this year, including Tony Furtado and Alan Munde (bluegrass banjo), Dan Crary (guitar), John Reischman and Mike Compton (mandolin), Brian Wicklund (bluegrass fiddle) and Chris Stuart and Janet Beazley (singing).
It takes [...]
Sore Fingers tutor gigs
March 4th, 2010
Some of the tutors for next month’s Sore Fingers Week will be gigging in England before and after the event.
Dan Crary (pictured) will be playing at Amberley Folk Club in West Sussex on March 30th and the Blue Walnut Cafe in Torquay on April 2nd, whilst Tony Furtado will be playing at The Verge in [...]
Bluegrass in Bristol this weekend
March 3rd, 2010
Bristol’s Folk House venue is gearing up for a bluegrass packed weekend.
On Friday night (5th March), Fat Shirley’s - A Trailer Park Opera will take place at 8pm. The musical production has previously been staged in Bath and London, and is “a cacophony of foot-stomping bluegrass musical numbers telling the simple story of a very [...]
Sore Fingers latest
February 28th, 2010
Sore Fingers Week takes place in April and is still accepting bookings for many of the courses.
A third bluegrass banjo course has been added as the first two (taught by Tony Furtado and Alan Munde) are now full. The new class will be taught by Richard Collins and will have 15 places. Anyone hoping to [...]
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 [...]
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, [...]
2nd Bristol Bluegrass Day
January 27th, 2010
The 2nd Bristol Bluegrass Day takes place on March 6th in the city’s Folk House venue.
The day will be a mixture of workshops and jamming, concluding with an evening concert that will feature Shoot the Breese, Hog Ranch, New Essex Bluegrass Band and The Thunderbridge Bluegrass Boys (pictured).
The workshops will be led by John Breese [...]
Sore Fingers 2010 takes shape
December 18th, 2009
The tutor line-up for next year’s Sore Fingers Week is almost finalised with several recent additions and changes to the teaching staff.
Matt Flinner, who was due to teach mandolin, has had to pull out as he and his wife are expecting a new baby at the same time as the camp. However, there is a [...]
Jayme adds to November banjo madness
October 20th, 2009
Canadian banjo virtuoso Jayme Stone tours England in November, adding to an already banjo-packed month that features gigs from Tony Furtado, Steve Martin and Bela Fleck.
On this tour, Jayme will be performing with kora player N’Faly Kouyaté and playing music from his recent release Africa to Appalachia, which sees the bluegrass banjo returned to its [...]
