I just got a note from Donald Nitchie about the next issue of Banjo Newsletter.

In the November issue of the Banjo Newsletter we feature the new Smithsonian/Folkways release In Sacred Trust: The 1963 Fleming Brown Tapes by Hobart Smith, with an introduction by Dick Spottswood, and an interview with producer Stephen Wade. We also profile clawhammer player Abigail Washburn, and English 3-finger picker Leon Hunt. Reviews this month include the reissue of Earl Scruggs and the 5-String Banjo and Banjo.com’s instructional video Pickin’ 101. The issue also includes columns by Tony Trischka, Tom Adams, Ken Perlman, Casey Henry and Eddie Collins.

For every issue of Banjo Newsletter, Donald posts mp3 audio files online for the majority of the tabs found in each issue.

The September issue of Banjo NewsLetter will feature Tony Trischka’s interview with Bad Livers banjo player Danny Barnes, and profiles of Canadian 3-finger picker Larry Good, and Spanish picker Lluis Gomez. As always, regular columns will be included from: Tom Adams, Pete Kelly (Jimmy Martin Banjo), Old-Time from the Ozarks, Murphy Henry, Beginner’s Corner, Fleckology, and more.

MP3 audio files to accompany the September issue should be up on the BNL site by September 4, to include: Doin” My Time by Pete Kelly, Fiddler”s Shuffle by Hugh Strawn, Golden Wings by Eddie Collins, Grey Cat on a Tennessee Farm by Wayne Shrubsall, Irish Washerwoman as played by Ian Perry, James as played by Lluis Gomez, Jerusalem Ridge by Butch Robins, Kennedy Rag by Hugh Strawn, Perpetual Motion as played by Bela Fleck, Ragtime Annie by Tom Adams, Rabbit in the Pea Patch by Wayne Shrubsall, Uncle Billy”s Breakdown by Larry Good.