On 15 November 1969, the legendary bluegrass banjo player Earl Scruggs sent shockwaves through the Nashville music establishment by playing at a half-million strong protest to end the Vietnam War.

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EAST TEXAS (KLTV/KTRE) - This week on East Texas Kitchen Pickin’, we take a look at some all-vintage finds by Jeff from the sourcing side of things around East Texas. Jeff: Mrs. Picker and I used a ...

WINNIPEG — The Banjo Bowl is suddenly missing a string. A streak of five consecutive losses by the Saskatchewan Roughriders in the Labour Day Rematch was snapped on Saturday afternoon when the host ...

The Banjo Bowl is a lively annual CFL game. It features the Winnipeg Blue Bombers against the Saskatchewan Roughriders. The name came from a 2003 insult by Bombers kicker Troy Westwood. He called ...

A sweep would be very sweet for the Saskatchewan Roughriders. After defeating the visiting Winnipeg Blue Bombers 34-30 in the Labour Day Classic on Sunday, the Roughriders are looking to sweep the ...

(Note: this story was first published in September of 2020 and has been updated). A few years after he had put his last kick through the uprights for the Winnipeg Blue Bombers, Troy Westwood received ...

My specialty is placing infrastructure professionals including Network and System Administrators, Engineers, Help Desk, and Desktop Support to contract and contract-to-hire opportunities. The alarm ...

Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X The bright glow of a nearly full moon — the sturgeon moon, as it is called — was coming up over ...

Sleep is optional, banjos are everywhere, and RockyGrass is once again back to take over Lyons this weekend. Attendees can expect the unexpected — riverside jams and surprise encounters with bluegrass ...

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Fans of the Banjo-Kazooie series have had very little to celebrate over the last two decades.

Greensky Bluegrass came through Kansas City just before they hit Eau Claire’s Blue Ox Festival. We can’t even call it a summer tour, or a tour with a name, because this band is nonstop just like their ...