Ji-Hae Park on Music, Despair, and Transformation

Peter Gregson on Making the Cello Relevant vs. Being a "Noisy Librarian"

No visuals here. Doesn't need them.

Merry Christmas!

Happy Halloween!

Lindsay Stirling's Halloween bit'o'fun:


SYTYCD fun:


Classic animated fun:

Lindsey Stirling

So here's a kid (I'm old, remember) who dances while she plays, adapts/orchestrates songs she likes for her violin performances, directs her own videos, the whole package PLUS.

Dubstep(-ish) Violin
Crystallize
Electric Daisy


Skyrim (with Peter Hollens)


Transcendence & Shadows (these are just cool videos, period)



Sold Out show Tuesday, September 25th at The Hamilton. And almost everywhere else. Sorry, maybe next tour...

"Banjo Summit" at the Birchmere October 30th

'A Gathering of 5-String Masters' featuring Bela Fleck, Tony Trischka, Bill Keith, Noam Pikelny, Richie Stearns, Eric Weissberg, Pete Wernick & more!

So, in order:
Bela Fleck (beautiful, I love Celtic tunes):


Tony Triscka (and here's a bonus history of the song Sally Goodin from Richard L. Matteson, Jr.):


Bill Keith:


I can't embed funnyordie's piece on Noam Pikelny with Steve Martin ("I had King Tut, I had...King Tut.") and Ed Helms, so here's something else (sort of):


Richie Stearns:


Eric Weissberg (but NOT Dueling Banjos, so he's barely audible, alas):


Pete Wernick, aka Dr. Banjo, with Jeff White:

More Upcoming Music: Casey Driesson

Casey Driesson is coming to Strathmore Mansion October 26th!

Check out the vid in the link to Strathmore's tix page above, then...

With Bela Fleck & the Flecktones (coming in about half-way thru, but it's great until then, too):


This one tickles me, he's playing on the way down Telluride in a gondola (gorgeous background scenery, dammit, now I wanna go to Telluride!):


Sugarfoot rag: