by Christine | Apr 1, 2026
Alan Bond & Skedaddle is a San Francisco Bay Area band featuring a mix of original songs, Bluegrass, and Old-time. Styling themselves a “California Cosmic String Band,” they offer a distinct approach to new and traditional material with topics ranging from...
by Christine | Apr 1, 2026
Raised on heavy metal and smog in Rancho Cucamonga, California, Honey Buckets are setting the standard for hard-driving Bluegrass on the West Coast. Known for high-energy performances that draw in a family of fans, Bluegrass die-hards, and newcomers alike,...
by Christine | Jan 19, 2026
The Jimmy Touzel Bluegrass Explosion (JTBX) is not your grandpa’s bluegrass band—but he’d probably love them anyway. Born in the San Francisco Bay Area in 2024, this high-energy supergroup is on a mission to shake the dust off traditional bluegrass and make it swing,...
by Christine | Nov 29, 2025
From raging fiddle tunes to brother duets, Hard Drive (Tatiana Hargreaves, Sonya Badigian, Aaron Tacke and Nokosee Fields) brings a sense of deep intuition and silliness to the world that encompasses old-time, country, and bluegrass. They float gently around a...
by Christine | Jan 19, 2026
Critical Grass is a collection of San Francisco East Bay musicians who discovered each other by accident at a Berkeley restaurant. We dig all forms of bluegrass, all of bluegrass’s cousins, and great songwriters. We do Bill Monroe and Flatt & Scruggs, but we also...
