News from Tim Rogers

Thanks to Tim Rogers of Vermont, of Dublin's Rough Deal String Band, and now of Westport, Co. Mayo, for two links of interest to BIB readers:

First, a New York Times story from 1 February: 'Jokes and films are fun, but he loves his banjo', by Dave Itzkoff, on the banjo in the life of Steve Martin, actor, comedian, and recording artist.

Second, from the same issue of the New York Times: 'Across generations, traces of a poor maid's murder' by Dan Barry, on the origins of the song 'Poor Ellen Smith' - the murder of Ellen Smith by Peter DeGraff, 115 years ago.