by Christine | Jan 31, 2017 | Welcome Column
We be talking bass again this month. I mean the stringed instrument not the fish. You know, the doghouse, bull fiddle, bass fiddle or just plain bass (but not base). The one where you can never find more than one in a jam or band unless the band name has a city and...
by Christine | Dec 6, 2020 | Welcome Column
We be talking bass again this month. I mean the stringed instrument not the fish. You know, the doghouse, bull fiddle, bass fiddle or just plain bass (but not base). The one where you can never find more than one in a jam or band unless the band name has a city and...
by Christine | Oct 17, 2017 | Welcome Column
Yup, that’s where we’re at and that’s where we’ll be till next Sunday. For over 40 Octobers the California Bluegrass Association has convened for several days of jamming, catching up, eating, jamming and more jamming. The Grape Festival...
by Christine | Apr 9, 2018 | Welcome Column
With the continued transition of bluegrass into an adaptable genre, there is room for earworms that previously hadn’t been heard with a fiddle and banjo. One songwriter and performer who has taken advantage of this is fiddle player Becky Buller. Like other bluegrass...
by Christine | Nov 2, 2020 | Welcome Column
The Tuttles. No, not the Turtles (remember that 1960’s Rock Band?). This is the Tuttles, the family band that plays bluegrass music. This is the Tuttles who also play “out of the bluegrass box” music. If you follow California bluegrass and by now you haven’t heard of...
