Welcome to Wild, Wonderful West Virginia. In May 2011, I moved to West Virginia. Friday, March 2, 2012. Franco part 2, Revenge of the Awkward Ticket Girl. Put on warm clothes, go to the pub and have a nice cold brew, and then go home to bed at a reasonable hour? Oh pish posh. Imma stay and film the next scene in the freezing cold until 2 AM and then go to a party afterwards and hang out til 5. Were they mad that I stashed a couple of oranges in my purse? After about an hour .

The style of cooking meats over an open fire pit has been around since the days of the Peking Man. Many Southern barbecue lovers still consider pit smoking the best method for preparing barbecued meat. The world of Southern Culture and Barbecue. The Victorian Era created astonishing innovation and change. Victorian, in other words, can be taken to mean parent of the modern. More than anything else what made Victorians Victorian. Was their sense of social responsibility.

Tyler Grant and Augusta Heritage. This will be my fourth time teaching Guitar at Bluegrass Week and no matter what I get involved in it is always the highlight of my summer. The staff is charming and helpful, the instructors are top-notch and the students are eager to learn. The food in the cafe is good too. Else, though, THE JAMMING IS INCREDIBLE! I am one of those instructors. Connections with other students and with the faculty.

I hope I can shed light on differences between current and older banjo playing styles by explaining the method by which most older mountain banjoists learned to play, and then contrasting this with the way most people learn to play today. Diversity in old time banjo playing styles is being lost and the different learning methods help explain why this is occurring. Old timers in East Kentucky learned to play by emulation.

News and info blog for Banjos For Peace Recording Company of Morgantown, WV. Thursday, June 23, 2005. This blog has been pretty much inactive for the last year. In the fall of last year, inspired be seeing Gillian Welch and David Rawlings. With Old Crow Medicine Show. And opening for The Mammals. Two weeks of rehearsals later, the Morgantown Rounders.

We sponsor classes, workshops, and jams. Photo Courtesy of Jennie Scott. Concerts with Leading Bluegrass Bands. What an amazing weekend! Jams, workshops, Showcase bands, Master classes, more jamming, vendors, and the best bluegrass music ever! .