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MP3s of the Month

April

Big Scioty by Scott Phillips and the Morgantown Rambers (old-time)
Down, Down, Down by Earl Scruggs 
Firefly by Pete Vigour (clawhammer)
I’m A Loser as played by Tony Trischka
John Lover’s Gone by Pete Vigour (clawhammer)
Lonesome Fiddle Blues by Ian Perry
Lord Mayo (March & Gavotte) as played by Tom Adams
Swing That Hammer as played by Sammy Shelor
Won’t Be Over You by Sammy Shelor

March

Beautiful Brown Eyes by Tom Adams. 3/4 time; 4/4 time
Blind Leaving the Blind excerpt by Noam Pikelny (3:30 in the First Movement)
Blind Leaving the Blind solo by Noam Pikelny (9:10 in the First Movement)
Clear the Palate (clawhammer) by Maxine Gerber and Mark Simos. Stream: http://cdbaby.com/cd/simos4 
Gonna Travel On by Eddie Collins
Music for a Found Harmonium as played by Bryn Williams. Stream: http://hop.members.beebcnet/harmoniump3.MP3 
Rock the Cradle, Lucy (clawhammer) by Hugh Strawn
The Seagull by Jake Schepps. Stream: www.myspace.com/expeditionquartet 
Stop the World by Lluis Gomez
You Can’t Stop Me From Dreaming by Earl Scruggs

All tabbed out in the March 2008 BNL issue

February

Big Ears (clawhammer) by Brendan Doyle
Black Diamond as played by Ian Perry
Forty West by Jack Hatfield
Found Indian (clawhammer) by Brendan Doyle
In The Gravel Yard (kick-off) by Jason Burleson
Lonesome Banjo as played by Merle Watson
Lonesome Banjo.as played by Gene Morelli
Open Road by Jason Davis
Wildwood Flower Blues by Tom Adams (third break)

All tabbed out in the February 2008 BNL issue)

January

Banjo Boy Chimes as played by Bobby Lundy, with Dan Paisley and the Southern Grass
Black-eyed Susie (clawhammer) as played by Banjo Judy Muldawer
Copper Run (clawhammer) by Chris Coole; TablEdit file
Dogpatch by Tim Carter; Stream
Miss Mcleod’s Reel (clawhammer) by Laura Schulman; Stream.
Pretty Little Dog (clawhammer) by Laura Schulman; Stream.
Reno-Style Workshop examples as played by Jason Skinner
Tammy’s Song by Flatt & Scruggs

All tabbed out in the January 2008 BNL issue)

December

Chuck in the Bush (OT) by Hugh Strawn
Coming up the Pike (OT), by Hugh Strawn
Half Past Four (old-time), great string band version at Clifftop, 2007 with Rachel Eddy and Hilarie Burhans. Click to hear Half Past Four mp3
Imagine as played by Tom Adams
Oh Come All Ye Faithful by Ross Nickerson
Shady Grove as played by Donald Zepp (OT), then (scroll down to the Shady Grove “series”: 24 versions
Solfeggietto by Ian Perry. Watch a video of Ian Perry playing Solfeggietto at www.ianperry.ca/ianperryFNL.html

(All tabbed out in the December 2007 BNL issue)

November

Bob and Carolee (clawhammer) by Cathy Fink
Coleman’s March by Cathy Fink 
The Grey Ghost by Bill Emerson (streaming) 
I Feel Fine as played by Tony Trischka or stream with Real Player:  
I Heard It Through the Grapevine as played by Tom Adams 
Salty Dog by Eddie Collins 
Waiting for Daylight by Pete Wernick and Flexigrass

(All tabbed out in the November 2007 BNL issue)

Banjo Newsletter on the Banjo Hangout

Beginner's Corner, Old-Time, Monthly Feature, Other Topics, and Tech Talk

This Month in Banjo Newsletter

The April issue features Ian Perry’s interview with Sammy Shelor of the Lonesome River Band. It also includes the Old-Time Way quarterly section, including an interview with Charlotte, Virginia clawhammer player Pete Vigour, a review of the new CD by the Morgantown Rounder, and an interview with their banjo player, Scott Phillips. We have our regular columns: Beginner’s Corner, Casey Henry’s On The Road, Earl’s Way, Tom Adams’s Adams County Banjo, Pete Wernick’s Let’s Roll, and Roger Siminoff’s Tech Talk, along with Tony Trischka’s tab for the Beatles’ I’m A Loser.

Next Month in Banjo Newsletter

The May issue will feature Greg Cahill’s interview with Blake Williams of Williams and Clark. It also will include a profile of Chris Quinn, who plays with Toronto’s  Foggy Hogtown Boys, along with his tune Prize Pig. We’ll have a review of Alan Munde’s new release “Old Bones,” an article on the Triangle Method of Practicing, and our regular columns: Beginner’s Corner, Casey Henry’s On The Road, Tom Adams’s Adams County Banjo, Banjo Diva, and Janet Davis’s Back Up, with a tab of Sammy Shelor’s Wastin’ My Time.

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Best of the MP3s on the BNL Website

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Other Items of Interest

 Donald Zepp’s clawhammer MP3 page with dozens of familiar tunes
 
Chuck Lee’s banjo MP3 site, with lots of old-time

 

Gourd banjo MP3s from various players at David G. Hyatt’s very nice site devoted to gourd banjos

Ben Freed's article "Bluegrass Banjo Suggested Reading: Top 100 3-finger Tunes," from the July 2006 issue of BNL, and also as featured on Katy Daly's radio show on bluegrasscountry.org

Photos from MBA 2002 and more photos from MBA 2002 and photos from MBA III April 2000
Lots more memories of MBA 2000

Maryland Banjo Academy 1997 and 1998

1998 MBA II Video Available

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Results from our BNL 2006 Reader's Survey


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