Junior Brown is one of the most mind-blowing guitarists I’ve ever had the pleasure of seeing. Here’s an old Austin City Limits clip of him playing Sugarfoot Rag, a well-worn instrumental ditty that he transforms into an eight minute freakout.

SubPop records has announced the launch of a new scholarship program, dubbed the “Loser Scholarship”, to be awarded to an artistically inclined highschool senior. Details are available on SubPop’s website:

Loser Scholarship

Here’s a Clip of Doc Watson, Clint Howard, and Fred Price singing Careless love with Pete Seeger on Pete’s Rainbow Quest program. Pete encourages the home audience to sing along. The song is often credited to the seminal composer W.C. Handy, though both the melody and lyrics may predate the copyright of his composition.