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"Unbelievable!": Banjo-Kazooie composer as shocked as everyone else to hear the Bubblegloop Swamp theme on a national NFL broadcast  GamesRadar+

Bluegrass Memoirs: The Earl Scruggs Revue Made a Movie Soundtrack – BGS  The Bluegrass Situation

Should a Colombian Buy a Banjo?  History News Network

LOOK, LISTEN, AND LINGER  Oxford American

Using His Voice to Bring Out a Nation’s (Published 2014)  The New York Times

Thoughts about the South Frisco Jazz Band and the Pizza Palace  The Syncopated Times

Interview: Just 16 notes, that’s all it took to hook Tony Trischka on the banjo  Americana UK

Having a Coffee with … Greg Cahill  Bluegrass Today

Pete Seeger dies: The folk singer’s movie and TV life  Los Angeles Times

The Popdose Interview: BÁ©la Fleck  Popdose

94-Year-Old Pete Seeger Sings "This Land is Your Land" at Farm Aid  Open Culture

Bluegrass Memoirs: Thanks to Eric Weissberg  The Bluegrass Situation

Ask Sonny Anything… Did you teach Hank Jr to play banjo?  Bluegrass Today

LISTEN: ‘Once Upon a River’ Soundtrack  The Bluegrass Situation

BGS 5+5: Frank Evans  The Bluegrass Situation

Bluegrass Memoirs: The Earl Scruggs Revue in 1975  The Bluegrass Situation

A New Generation of Bluegrass Stars Reflect on ‘O Brother, Where Art Thou?’  The Bluegrass Situation

Reclaiming Community: A Conversation with Tyler Hughes  The Bluegrass Situation

Who Are The Other Musicians In The New Dylan Biopic And What Happened To Them?  Mojo Magazine

Concert pick: Banjo player Tony Trischka brings holiday show to Godfrey Daniels  The Morning Call

Hike Faster, I Hear Banjos: Misconceptions about the Southern Appalachians  The Trek

Eric Weissberg  AL.com

For Radiohead's Jonny Greenwood, there are no rules to composing for film  NPR

Eric Weissberg, ‘Dueling Banjos’ Musician, Dies at 80 (Published 2020)  The New York Times

The Profile Dossier: Hans Zimmer, the Film Composer Using Music to Manipulate Your Emotions  The Profile

Why Earl Scruggs was the Beethoven of the banjo  The Guardian

Fundraiser for Billy Redden, Duelin’ Banjos banjo boy  Bluegrass Today

Legendary musician Earl Scruggs remembered for revolutionary banjo playing style  The Christian Science Monitor