KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) — A new Junior Appalachian Musicians (JAM) program is beginning on May 23rd for children ages 9 and older. Students can learn bluegrass music in a group with their teacher, and ...
Learn from a legendary figure in the world of bluegrass banjo Sonny Osborne fills this lesson with detailed instruction historical reminiscences and insightful advice for all learning banjo pickers ...
In the ’80s, an eager-to-learn banjo player named Bob Carlin sought out Nate Thompson in Nate’s adopted home of Philadelphia. Carlin, author of String Bands in the North Carolina Piedmont and these ...
“Bluegrass is very community-based,” says mandolinist Patrick Kerrigan Fitzsimons, one of the founders of the academy. “You don’t need fancy equipment. You just carry your instrument, sit in a circle ...