Category: Newsletter
This is a message for all Gibson banjo fans and aficionados in Europe. 3rd Anniversary of GibsonMania will take place on April 4th, 2020 in Czech Republic in the new workshop of Prucha Bluegrass Instruments near Prague. GibsonMania is basically a gathering, showcase and workshop dedicated to Gibson banjo owners or lovers who have similar […]
Cup O’Joe comprises of brothers Benjamin and Reuben Agnew and sister Tabitha Benedict, all in their twenties, who have who have grown and honed their musical skills as they themselves have grown and matured from their early teenage years as a family band. “In The Parting” is the long awaited, first full-length album coming from […]
12 songs, 12 vintage guitars. Played, mixed and mastered by Ondra Kozak Just now and again something truly extraordinary gets recorded, this CD is one of them; a wonderful work, from master guitarist Ondra Kozak. Ondra is well known all over Europe for his incredible technique and interesting interpretation of tunes, this album is no […]
Ten years ago, on February 17th 2010, The Mandolin Picker’s Guide to Bluegrass improvisation by Jesper Rübner-Petersen was released for the first time. The Book was published by Mel Bay publications and even though it wasn’t a USA made product, the impact on European Bluegrass was enormously. The feedback was overwhelming and the book was […]
Prucha Banjos is a great manufacturer of Banjos in the Chechz Republic. In 2019 they constructed a workshop to deal with the demand for its instruments. As a result of EBMA's corporation with Prucha Banjos we are glad to present this video from the opening party in December 2019.
The EBMA is very pleased to present the new website www.ebma.org Included is the first European directory with Bluegrass musicians, bands, events and distributors. Create your own “musician” or “event” listing so that other Bluegrass musicians in your area can hear about you or your events. And as a “band”-member” you can now easily register […]
Wayne Erbsen – The Bluegrass Gospel Songbook Gospel music has been an integral part of bluegrass since the early days of Bill Monroe and the Blue Grass Boys. Along with Bill there have been many fine exponents of it such as The Stanley Brothers, The Blue Sky Boys, Flatt and Scruggs, Doyle Lawson and Ricky […]
In 2015, Gérard De Smaele published a rich book in French allowing to understand the history of banjo 5 strings, BANJO ATTITUDES – The banjo with five strings: its general history, its documentation. This year, he presents A Five-String Banjo Sourcebook, a complementary work in English, which presents with complete documentation resources related to the banjo (books, […]
Becky Buller – Crépe Paper Heart Released to coincide with St Valentine’s Day, Becky Buller’s latest album “Crêpe Paper Heart” is the tour-de-force that you would expect from the IBMA 2017 winner of both vocalist of the year and Fiddle player of the year and, IBMA 2015 Songwriter of the Year. As well as the […]