Thanks to Bluegrass Today...

...for two news items: first, a further report from Greg Cahill of the Special Consensus on the band's latest tour in these islands, with special focus on the Shannonside Winter Music Weekend. The photo above was taken from the stage at the Special C.'s concert in Bunratty, where they were supported by the Down and Out Bluegrass Band - see Richard Leeman's account of the festival on 'Bluegrass in Ireland'.

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Secondly, this feature with a video from Nechville Musical Products, in which Tom Nechville shows how, with his Turbo Module, any Nechville Heli-Mount banjo can be converted into an electric banjo in a few minutes without even removing the strings.