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In this video lesson Dan Miller demonstrates how to play the tune “Home Sweet Home” in the Carter Style and then shows how to transition the arrangement to a crosspicking variation.

Reprinted from Bluegrass Unlimited Magazine February 1985, Volume 19, Number 8  Ben Eldridge is not your “typical” banjo picker. He is not from the hills of Tennessee, did not quit high school to go on the road with Jimmy Martin, has not written a banjo instruction book, did not join a family band at the…

This week we feature banjo player BB Bowness.  Originally from New Zealand, BB is a founding member of the band Mile 12.  Among other things, we’ll talk with BB about how she became interested in the banjo, how she learned how to play and…

Reprinted From Bluegrass Unlimited Magazine January 1986, Volume 20, Number 7 “Wide open” best describes the picking and singing style of the Lost & Found —one of southwest Virginia’s latest contributions to bluegrass music. Twelve years in the business seem to have taught the group several things. One is that planted-in-the-sod bluegrass lovers like their…

In this video lesson Dan Miller demonstrates “Theme Time”, also known as “Theme Breakdown,” based on an arrangement of the first solo that Mike Scott played on his 1983 album “Classics for Banjo.” Thanks to Mike Scott for allow us to use this arrangement. A tab of this arrangement can be found on the Bluegrass…

This week we feature mandolin player David Benedict.  David is known for his work with the band Mile 12 and is currently recording and performing with his wife Tabitha in The Foreign Landers.  He is also known in the mandolin world for his…