Ask Murphy By Murphy Henry

I’m sure you all have heard by now of the passing of the great banjo player Sonny Osborne. As a tribute to Sonny, I’m writing an article for Bluegrass Unlimited magazine based on Sonny’s Banjo Newsletter column. It was called “Keep on The Sonny Side,” and every month Sonny answered questions that readers would send…

Slowest Student in The Fiddle Class by Murphy Henry

Well, it’s been years since I blogged [Editor's note: it has actually been one year, four months, and ten days.] but since I just spend 5 days being a fiddle student at the Augusta Heritage October Old-Time Retreat in Elkins, W.Va., I thought I’d relive the experience by telling you about it. It was such…