Russ BarenbergBryan Sutton

The annual Pagosa, Colo., Folk ‘n Bluegrass Festival next month could be a flat-picker’s dream.

Headlining the festival in Reservoir Hill Park, June 6, 7 and 8, are guitar monsters Russ Barenberg and Bryan Sutton. They will appear together at 2 p.m. Saturday and again at 6 p.m. Sunday. The duo will also present a guitar workshop at 4 p.m. Sunday

The festival features camping in the 120-acre ponderosa pine forest of Reservoir Hill Park. It includes workshops, late night shows, campfire jams, and free children’s programs.

Others on the schedule are:

• The Waybacks
• The Biscuit Burners
• Martha Scanlan & the Stuart Brothers
• The Belleville Outfit
• Cadillac Sky
• Red Stick Ramblers
• Boulder Acoustic Society
• Shannon Whitworth
• Jayme Stone
• The Expedition Quartet
• The Badly Bent
• Pete Kartsounes Band
• Rock and Rye

Tickets can be ordered by calling 877-472-4672.

Camping information, the performance schedule and other details are available at http://www.folkwest.com/folk_bluegrass_festival/

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Russ Barenberg will be a part of the week-long National Guitar Workshop in Nashville, Tenn. July 5-10, 2008.

Nashville, Tenn. –  The National Guitar Workshop is proud to announce a Hot Flatpicking Guitar Seminar with special guest Russ Barenberg at the Nashville Campus. Barenberg will help build your repertoire of flatpicking fiddle tunes and teach how to develop songs with variation and improvisation. Students will have the opportunity to use a number of different tunes to learn important left and right hand techniques, as well as discuss music theory, as it relates to flatpicking guitar.

The week long event takes place on the Vanderbilt Campus in Nashville, Tenn. July 5 - 10, 2008.

The National Guitar Workshop is excited to announce the curriculum and guest artists for the 2008 season. This year’s program will feature Paul Gilbert, Lisa Loeb, The John Scofield Trio featuring Bill Stewart and Steve Swallow, Kenny Burrell, Michael Angelo Batio, Jennifer Batten, Eric Krasno, Laurence Juber, Sonny Landreth, and more. Courses will be offered in rock, blues, jazz, country, classical, music technology, songwriting, and guitar exploration. Check out www.guitarworkshop.com for more information.

NGW features 8 locations nation-wide with campuses in Connecticut, Nashville, Austin, Washington DC, Chicago, Seattle, San Francisco and Los Angeles. Each location offers a wide variety of courses, all taught by world renowned musicians.

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