Since its inception eight years ago, our annual community Blues and Roots Barbecue Festival has hosted a rich cavalcade of musical Americana including tip-top Bluegrass acts. Two years ago, the duo of Bela Fleck and Abigail Washburn headlined as performing artists. Last year, Hot Rize took the stage, and the front page of the program featured a bushy-tailed squirrel (modeled after Utah Phillip`s song “Rock Salt and Nails”..?) clasping a banjo in its furry mitts. 
For this year`s BNR fest, it was recently announced that the grounding-breaking Punch Brothers will be appearing on stage with their consummate banjoist Noam Pikelny who won the 2010 Steve Martin Prize for Excellence in Banjo and Bluegrass. It looks like another great Fall festival is shaping-up, especially for humble devotees of the 5 string who dream of maybe someday briefly becoming a banjo “…player that strums and frets his hour upon the stage, and then is heard….”. **
No more, till later. In the meantime, the BRC wishes its faithful readers a pleasant summer, and we encourage all you musicians to stay tuned.
** Adapted from Will Shakespeare`s Macbeth, Act 5, scene 5, 19-28.
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