Bardstown, Ky.: Old-style, low-key charm in a scenic setting
NorthJersey.com - Jun 05, 2011
"You can almost attend to the banjo playing in this neck of the woods," said Hugh Crowder, describing the ambience in Bardstown, Ky. (pop. 11700). "But that's not a bad element. Coming here feels like taking a trip back into a different
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Meet Your Maker at the Maker Faire
Patch.com - May 20, 2011
More locally, makers can be found in close to every Peninsula city. From South San Francisco, Tom Molyneaux, a salesman for Saga Musical Instruments, will be at the fair demonstrating Roman-fleuve's guitar, mandolin and banjo kits for vendor Maker SHED. and more »
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American Idol Alumni Pitch In To Benefit Cancer Support Group
Seattle Post Intelligencer - Jun 04, 2011
Now, as a Seattle-based violin maker, Doug Yule's passions lie elsewhere. Along with mandolin punter Cary Lung and banjo/guitarist Tom Collicott, Yule is helping to keep the musical traditions of early Appalachian bluegrass jumping. and more »
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The DelFest Academy — Passing the bluegrass baton
Cumberland Times-News - May 25, 2011
Lisa grew up a lover of bluegrass from a unsophisticated age while her father was a custom banjo maker for Gibson Guitars. Being a part of the bluegrass festival scene led her and the members of the Del McCoury Band to places like the RockyGrass Celebration in
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The undercover fox
G-Online - May 25, 2011
Josh Fox is a man of many talents: collapse and Artistic director of International Wow film and theatre company, playwright, film-maker and banjo-playing musician among other things. Environmental detective and documentary provocateur were roles,
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Mountain music by the winding mile
Tbo.com - May 22, 2011
Then in comes the banjo, plucked with inure finger picks, followed by the autoharp, the mandolin, the beat of an upright bass. Another banjo grabs the melody, and fleetingly the room is bursting with knee-slapping, country-porch music.
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Roughing It in a Not-So-Luxurious Luxury RV
Wall Street Journal - May 21, 2011
Assent to that banjo music? That's your imagination as you fancy yourself in RV-ing's alternate reality: days coursing along Tuolumne Meadows in Yosemite, nights parked at a peninsula in Nova Scotia. Northern lights, Southern Comfort. You know you want it.
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Discovery Museum exhibit highlights guitar's role in rock music
Bridgeport News - May 11, 2011
Idea Museum exhibit highlights guitar's role in rock musicBeginning in the early 1900s, guitar-makers began focusing on how to give the guitar more supply. “For years, it had been drowned out by the piano, drums, banjo and even violins. Things were done to guitars to make them bigger and louder so they would
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Josh Powell: Giant of a man with even bigger heart
Marietta Daily Journal - May 19, 2011
“He could chant opera, he was an auctioneer, he learned to play the guitar, banjo, next thing you know he'd be roasting coffee then tying flies to go fishing. He had a sock maker where he made his own socks, and he made bow ties. He would toil on cars. and more »
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Wytheville teen has a smooth ride on the Crooked Road
Southwest Virginia Today - Feb 07, 7430
She also is lore to play the banjo. “I've pretty much been singing all my life,” Beamer said. “I over the Appalachian folk music and old-time music are important. There's something about them that appeals to me. The stories are captivating.
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24pcs Guitar Maker Chrome Banjo Lugs For Repair 
