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Just wrapped up with the Rockygrass Academy today and had a great time. Now on to the festival this weekend with our lusty trio — Michael Daves, @brucemolsky and yours truly. CC: Planet Bluegrass

Thrilled to be playing at Back Porch Bluegrass Festival with these amazing friends and musicians, Michael Daves & @brucemolsky! Line up just announced, so make sure you grab your tix and get ready for a fun time — we'll be playing from 3:30-4:15pm! fulgen.com/client/ssprese…

I'll be doing a Zoom with Jamie Barton and San Francisco Opera talking about a project we worked on in conjunction with Hardly Strictly Bluegrass. I hope you'll join us! Register: bit.ly/2TBl2Lc youtu.be/tE5_b4Xyh30

My Bluegrass Heart, my first bluegrass album in over 20 years, will be available 9/10 but you can stream Charm School (feat. Billy Strings & Chris Thile) right now: hyperurl.co/CharmSchoolMBH Pre-order the album: store.belafleck.com

Thanks for the peek backstage, Bela!

Banjo Newsletter publisher Spencer Nitchie’s fight with Pancreas Cancer. Could you contribute for his expense and care? gofund.me/1d100fa9

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Great tunes!

We are very saddened to share that hall of fame banjo virtuoso Bill Emerson peacefully passed on to his heavenly home while surrounded by his family, due to complications from a bout with pneumonia. Bill was a wonderful husband, father, grandfather, (1/2)…

(Pt 1 of 2) The bluegrass world just lost one of the most important banjo players in its history. I was honored to have #BillEmerson play his tune “Old Cane Pole“ on my double banjo bluegrass spectacular. Here I’m playing my favorite of all of his wonderful compositions. #RIP

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Here's Béla Fleck and friends playing Vertigo! (Live from RockyGrass) youtube.com/watch?v=KdVWPg…

Here's Bela Fleck & The Bluegrass Sessions Band at the Strawberry Music Festival, 9-5-1999! youtube.com/watch?v=2ZSL6R…

With the loss of our publisher, Spencer Nitchie, it is with deep regret that we announce the suspension of Banjo Newsletter publication after the Sept issue. This issue will only be online. The entire issue will be accessible to everyone, including the Bela Fleck interview,

I’m on Fresh Air today. Check your local times. When it’s available online, I’ll post a link for anyone who missed it.

Here's Bela Fleck, Bryan Sutton and Casey Driessen playing Boulderdash, one of the tunes from Bela's new project! youtube.com/watch?v=P1c9B2…

You can't have too many banjos! youtube.com/watch?v=NKSALx…

Bela Fleck Bluegrass Heart Encore, Carnegie Hall 1-9-22 youtube.com/watch?v=ilJ6nw…

Check out the December 1996 issue of BNL on the BNL site, featuring the life of Bill Monroe. There are tributes and recollections from many banjo players whose lives were affected by Monroe's music. banjonews.com/1996-12/in_mem…

Read the interview with Jim Bollman, Part 2: The Rise of Banjo Ephemera, on banjonews.com, where Chuck Levy interviews banjo collector and historian Bollman about his various banjo-related mementos and collectibles. banjonews.com/2022-05/interv…