boblog -- by bob stepno

A friend just posted a request for more old-time and bluegrass music festival posts in a Facebook group... one of many that try to meet that...

The Internet Archive may not be the first place you look for old-time country sounds, but some old-time radio and 78 rpm record collectors h...

After singing along with these songs in Paul Brown 's workshops at Davis & Elkins College's Augusta Heritage old-time music week...

I finally made a short video of my other ukulele-family instrument, a 10-string "tiple." I'd like to think it was by popular...

Heather Rousseau, a new photo journalist at the Roanoke Times, dove right into local culture with a photo and video story from the  Sunday ...

This page has been updated many times since 2015, when the announcement of a Blacksburg and New River Valley ukulele get together inspired m...

I have been going to the wonderful twice-a-year Lake Eden Arts Festival ( http://theLEAF.org ) for almost 20 years, off and on, and have sev...