L.R. Baggs, one of the front runners in the quest for the ultimate amplified tone for acoustic instruments, has announced Anthem^™. The meat and potatoes of Anthem^™ is a brand new patent-pending type of acoustic guitar microphone, the Tru-Mic, that L.R. Baggs claims will “unlock the potential of a microphone to capture the very essence of your guitar with high feedback resistance…

Cumberland, MD — After a spectacularly successful 2008 festival, the folks at McCoury Music and High Sierra Music have added a bluegrass music academy to the program for DelFest 2009, broadening and enriching the festival experience for all levels of musicians. The first DelFest Academy will take place May 18-21, 2009; DelFest 2009 follows directly, on May 22-24….

Still consider yourself a student, no matter what your age? Especially, a student of bluegrass music? If so, Del McCoury and his DelFest have something special for you.

The inaugural DelFest Academy will be offered May 18-21 at the DelFest festival site in Cumberland, Md. It will feature three days of classes and performances for banjo, mandolin, fiddle, guitar and bass as taught by members of the Del McCoury Band and others.

Dave Hunter from the Gibson Lifestyle Blog has an interesting article that should appeal to bluegrass flatpickers discussing the various tonewoods used in the construction of acoustic flat-top guitars online. The Article covers the various woods used through out the construction of an acoustic guitar and provides some insight and reasoning behind why these species [...]