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IF YOU PLAY GUITAR, BANJO, UKULELE, MANDOLIN, DOBRO, LAP STEEL, BASS, AUTOHARP, CHECK OUT MY NEW WEBSITE!
THIS WEEK THERE'S A "10% OFF EVERYTHING" SALE.
It's still SOKOLOWMUSIC.COM
or FREDSOKOLOW.COM
But it has many new features and I'm excited about it! So anything you order will be discounted 10%...I'm just trying to lure you to go to it & browse!
Once you start filling in the info to buy something (name, address, etc.) there's a place to enter a secret discount code. It's WEBSITESALE (no space between the two words).
The sale only lasts one week so don't delay, as they say in professional ads! But I won't say "only one per customer," because you can order as many items as you like and still get the discount.
WHETHER YOU PLAY GUITAR, UKE, BANJO, MANDOLIN, DOBRO, LAP STEEL, BASS or AUTOHARP
THERE'S SOMETHING HERE FOR YOU
and if you're outside (or inside) the US, there's a lot of postage-free digital content.
ON SALE: BOOK & SOUNDFILES
FRETBOARD ROADMAPS for BLUEGRASS
& FOLK GUITAR
$13 (marked down from $17)
LEARN SOLOING & ACCOMPANIMENT STRATEGIES!
Using bluegrass/folk standards like WABASH CANNONBALL, BURY ME BENEATH THE WILLOW & WRECK OF OLD 97, you'll learn how to:
• SOLO BASED ON MAJOR, MINOR PENTATONIC AND MAJOR PENTATONIC SCALES
• SOLO BASED ON CHORD SHAPES
• FIND & PLAY MOVEABLE CHORDS UP & DOWN THE FRETBOARD
• USE THE CAPO
• SOLO BASED ON DOUBLE-NOTE LICKS
There's also some music theory, practice tracks and SOUNDFILES so you can hear each song & exercise and even slow it down.
The books in Fred Sokolow's best-selling ROADMAPS SERIES are guaranteed to provide many light bulb "aha" moments!
BUY WITH CREDIT CARD HERE
https://www.sokolowmusic.com/instructional/country
(IT'S 3 ITEMS DOWN ON THE LEFT SIDE)
BUY WITH PAYPAL HERE
https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/SOKOLOWMUSIC
PLEASE ADD $3 FOR SHIPPING IF YOU BUY WITH PAYPAL
(IT'S ADDED AUTOMATICALLY WHEN YOU BUY W/ CREDIT CARD)
Since so many of you mentioned "Old Brown County Barn" last week as your favorite fired up tune we play, we'll share this live performance from 2013 at International Bluegrass Music Association's Wide Open Bluegrass. #tbt
Martin Guitar - Jam Tent
Three more days until Carley Arrowood Music is with us live! Catch her and her husband, Daniel Thrailkill of The Trailblazers, THIS SATURDAY at #keycitysessions. Doors at 7:30pm. Music at 8:00pm.
Catch her official International Bluegrass Music Association showcase here:
Yesterday, Donelson lost a great neighbor and the world lost a wonderful and beloved musician. I wrote a blog about Roland and his wife Diane several years ago, found at the link below. In 2018, I was honored to bring Roland to Metro Council to present a resolution celebrating his induction in the International Bluegrass Music Association Hall of Fame. Read more here:
https://bluegrasstoday.com/roland-white-honored-in-nashville/.
My heart goes out to Diane and family. Roland’s music lives on forever. I will cherish the experiences and memories of he playing at Station Inn and here locally at Homegrown Taproom & Kitchen as well as at our Donelson Hills Neighborhood Association block parties.
Here's Ned Luberecki (Becky Buller Band, More Banjo Sunday), for the IBMA Foundation's 2nd annual Strings for Dreams Bluegrass Raffle! Name that tune, bluegrass fans! Hint: the animal in the title is also known as a whistle pig.
The IBMA Foundation's 2nd annual Strings for Dreams Bluegrass Raffle kicks off today, April 1, with ticket sales at stringsfordreams.com. The livestream drawing will be May 20 at the IBMA Foundation page. Get your tickets now, for a chance to win a wonderful Huber Truetone Banjo and also help the Foundation support programs and initiatives that foster the growth of bluegrass music! THANKS for your support and for helping us to get the word out! -NC
I was only 9 years old when Harley Allen passed away (11 years ago today) but the profound impact he had on me and my desire to be a songwriter is incredible. I wish I could’ve known Harley more and written a song with him. However, I did dream this song and that Harley and I were writing it together which is kinda crazy. I hope y’all like “One’s Real Life”.
Tribute To Harley Allen
International Bluegrass Music Association
#singersongwriter
🎶ALBUM ANNOUNCEMENT🎶
Hosting the International Bluegrass Music Association’s Momentum Awards ceremony and then appearing on the festival's Main Stage; appearing on David Holt's State of Music series on PBS; signing with boutique booking agency Prater DAY; and graduating from college — just a few recent signposts along the way in the emergence of Tray Wellington. And now, with the May 13 release of his full-length debut, the young banjo player is taking that momentum to a new level.
Boldly titled Black Banjo, the set — now available for pre-order, add or save — ranges strikingly from old-time flavors through straight-ahead bluegrass and fresh newgrass to string band takes on iconic jazz. “In this album,” he says, “I wanted to re-envision people’s perspectives on who and what it means to play banjo. So many times people think playing banjo is for ‘white people,’ and I want to show people that that’s simply not at all the case, as anyone can play any form of music they want and whatever instrument they want. As well, I wanted to redefine and tackle certain genre boundaries people place on the banjo, with covers showcasing the banjo’s versatility in multiple styles of music.”
Yet beyond those covers, Black Banjo shines its brightest spotlight on Wellington’s own compositions. Defying easy categorization, these tunes weave elements of bluegrass, newgrass, old-time fiddle tunes, jazz and more to create a sound that's deeply rooted and refreshingly original.
A core band of players (guitarist Jon Stickley, mandolinist Wayne Benson and bassist Kevin Kehrberg, supplemented by a trio of fiddle players — Carley Arrowood, Avery Merritt and Lyndsay Pruett) join Wellington.
Throughout, though, it’s Wellington who’s in command, with a sense of confidence rooted in his identity as a creative Black banjo player. If there’s one thing this album makes clear, it’s that Tray Wellington's exploration of the world of music is just getting started.
Pre-order, add or save it here: