I have subscribed to about 40 music magazines in the 43 years I have been playing various instruments. Too many of them have so much stuff that is not about music, that you have to struggle to find something useful. One doesn't care about how some top musician gets along with his wife, dresses himself, or signs contracts with big shots. We care about picking the banjo, setting up the banjo, and finding good music.
That is what BNL specializes in. It has tabulature and music for every kind of banjo player bluegrass to minstrel, beginner to expert. Its interviews focus on real banjo playing issues. I am happy to see articles in it by people whom I actually know and respect as banjoists, dealers, and historians of the music.
It is worth the money!