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St Lawrence Charity BBQ

midnightsongs wrote 2 hours ago: The This is an annual event at which I quite often provide the live music. This year I did the gig w … more »

Tags: Gig reports, Music Reviews, Banjo, Bradwell Village, Bridgebuilder Trust, Falcon Camps

american traditional...

gary nelson wrote 1 day ago: From Failblog.org Failblog.org … more »

Tags: acoustic music, Americana, Banjo, bluegrass, busk, Folk music, oldtime music, Ramblin' Jack Elliott, traditional singer

Spelmansglädje1 comment

dulcimergirl wrote 4 days ago: I’m living this bizarre, wonderful life where I dream up wishes and then they happen.  Like t … more »

Tags: traditional music, Edward Anderzon, Elin Anderzon, Nyckelharpa, Swedish folk music

The Duhks: Fast Paced World2 comments

Stuart Mason wrote 1 week ago: Sugar Hill will officially release the new record from The Duhks, Fast Paced World, on August 12. If … more »

Tags: acoustic, Banjo, Female singer, Rock

Make A Joyful Noise

craigphoto wrote 1 week ago: This is also another one of my very early attempts at studio photography (see yesterdays blog) fro … more »

Tags: 35mm, ADDY Awards, advertising, autoharp, Banjo, Black and White, Bowens, Craig Brewer, Folk music

bbc radio four

unpluggedtheatre wrote 2 weeks ago:     The Condensed History of British Politics will be broadcast on BBC Radio Four on Sundays 24th … more »

Tags: Music, Comedy, radio, Guitar, Radio Four, BBC, keir hardie, Groucho Marx, Earl Grey

fourth of july - pastures of plenty

gary nelson wrote 2 weeks ago: Pastures Of Plenty - Woody Guthrie It’s a mighty hard row that my poor hands have hoed My poo … more »

Tags: acoustic music, Americana, Banjo, bluegrass, busk, Folk music, oldtime music, pastures of plenty, The pig

Back in the recording studio

jerry wrote 2 weeks ago: Yes, I’m back in the Melody Lane Studio in Sydney (Coogee) to record more tracks for our forth … more »

Tags: bands, Celtic folk music, violin, Recording, Full Circle Band

Nero Fiddled While Rome Burned

R.V. David wrote 3 weeks ago: This cliché is well known for people not being bothered about anything, while something bad happens … more »

Tags: Badawi Fiddles, Anwar, Badawii, najib, NERO

Stradivarius: seeing the wood from the trees

jerry wrote 3 weeks ago: Dutch researchers applied modern medical scanning techniques to determine that the wood used in Stra … more »

Tags: technology, Violins, violin, Music, Stradivarius, guarnerius violin

Violin tuneup - with a peg reamer

jerry wrote 3 weeks ago: Problems with tuning pegs slipping or sticking? It may be that the peg holes are out of round. In m … more »

Tags: Folk music, Interesting instruments, technology, luthier supplies, Music, peg reamer, peg shaper, pochette, Woodworking

summer solstice

gary nelson wrote 4 weeks ago: I’m going to post this pretty much without comment - but I am absolutely certain this means so … more »

Tags: bluegrass, Americana, Folk music, traditional singer, acoustic music, oldtime music, busk, Banjo

Foldin' Bed - Whistler & His Jug Band ca. 1930

gary nelson wrote 4 weeks ago: another YouTube find! “Oh, tear it down (bed, slats and all) Oh, tear it down (bed, slats a … more »

Tags: acoustic music, Americana, Banjo, bluegrass, busk, Folk music, oldtime music, traditional singer

RIP - george carlin - may 12, 1937 – june 22, 2008

gary nelson wrote 1 month ago: “The real owners are the big wealthy business interests that control things and make all the … more »

Tags: bluegrass, Americana, Folk music, traditional singer, acoustic music, cave, caving, cavers, caver, speleology, oldtime music, busk

Revising my old posts

crazyharp81602 wrote 1 month ago: Yesterday, I went around making improvements on my tags while updating and revising much of my earli … more »

Tags: Blog, WordPress, Improvements, localhost, Plugin, Revisions, Tag Suggest Thing, WP, xampp

Review of Inaugural LiveTown Club - 13 June 2008

livetownclub wrote 1 month ago: The first LiveTown Club event was a cracker. With approximately 90 people in the audience, soup and … more »

Tags: Music, Banjo, live event, Live Music, Guitar, Andrew Clermont, Montz Matsumoto, Djilia, Kate West

Fiddle or Violin?2 comments

Diane wrote 1 month ago: I’ve heard a few different ways to answer this question. A violin dealer told me the following … more »

Tags: Self-taught Music, violin

Guilty Musical Pleasures... The Paperboys.

C.P. wrote 1 month ago: I remember the first time I saw the Paperboys, I didn’t really want to go to the show, but I d … more »

Tags: Friends, Music, bluegrass, Canada, Celtic, folk, geoff kelly, Paperboys, Seattle

Clinch River Ramblers7 comments

dulcimergirl wrote 1 month ago: Sometime late in 2007 I met little Ethan Ferguson at a campfire at the Cove Lake State Park in Campb … more »

Tags: Banjo, traditional music, bluegrass, Campbell County, Ethan Ferguson, Tennessee