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This week we feature guitar player, singer and songwriter Danielle Yother.  Danielle is a very talented flatpicking guitar player who came to the attention of the flatpicking world about ten years ago at a very young age.  Now she is…

This is the first in a series of lessons by Dan Miller teaching you how to approach playing bass runs on the guitar. This first lesson focus on step 1, learning how to use the “leading tone” to create a one-note run that leads between the G, C and D chords in the key of…

Reprinted from Bluegrass Unlimited Magazine August 1994, Volume 29, Number 2 Ralph Rinzler—one of the most influential figures in bluegrass, folk and old-time country music history—died on July 2,1994, at his home in Washington, D.C., after a lengthy illness. He was 59 years old. During an active life as a folklorist, promoter and musician, Rinzler…

Reprinted from Bluegrass Unlimited Magazine December 2008, Volume 43, Number 6 “It’s time for the uneasy listening portion of the evening, when bad things happen to good people.” Mike Henderson grins under the brim of his black cowboy hat and hits a bluesy lick on his Gibson mandolin, surveying the packed-to-the-walls Station Inn. Nashville’s bluegrass…

In this video lesson Dan Miller demonstrates how to create a solo to “Eight More Miles To Louisville” on the mandolin using folded scale patterns to embellish the melody.

This week we are featuring guitar and mandolin player, and singer, James Kee.  Originally from the Chattanooga area of Tennessee, James now lives in Nashville and performs and records with East Nash Grass.  We talk with James about his…