by Bruce Campbell | Jul 13, 2022 | Welcome Column
I have long marveled at the way live music evokes ecstatic reactions from members of the audience. I have seen this from being in the audience and being onstage, and it’s wonderful to behold. Clearly it’s a win-win situation. When we’re young – very young...
by Patrick Campbell | Jul 12, 2022 | Reviews
Breaking Grass: Somewhere Beyond www.mountainfever.com Song List: 100 Degrees in the Shade, Money Can’t Buy You, Free, The Gift, Let the Good Times Go, It Ain’t Enough, Outrun the Wolf, The Boy on the Black Horse, Pauline, Down in the Darkness. Breaking Grass has been...
by Bert Daniel | Jul 11, 2022 | Welcome Column
Jesse McReynolds turned 93 years old a couple of days ago. Happy belated birthday, Jesse! Among the luminary founders of the genre we call bluegrass music today, Jesse certainly looms very large. Bill Monroe first took country music in that specific direction and his...
by Patrick Campbell | Jul 11, 2022 | Reviews
Scott Vestal: Bluegrass 2022 (Instrumentals) www.pinecastlemusic.com Song List: John Hardy, EMD, Gold Rush, Reuben, Blackberry Blossom, Welcome to New York, Tipper, Steam Powered Aero Plane, Lonesome Fiddle Blues, Train 45. Scott Vestal has received the Banjo...
by Patrick Campbell | Jul 8, 2022 | Announcements
Here is an excerpt: Do other women tell you that you have been a role model for them? Yes! And I love that. I think about the women who were role models for me: Of course, my mom is the first one, as moms are for almost every woman. But I am just tickled to be a role...
by Bruce Campbell | Jul 6, 2022 | Welcome Column
Most times, you don’t want to be confronted with a task list. Visions of sorting laundry, cleaning the gutters, pulling weeds and getting the oil changed – ugh. But some tasks, if they are something you know you’re good at, and the results make you happy, are...
by Patrick Campbell | Jul 4, 2022 | Announcements
Molly O’Day’s music — with the Cumberland Mountain Folks in the ’40s & ’50s, as well as contemporary interpretations — its celebrated on the July 9th Bluegrass Signal radio show. July 3, 2022 Greetings – Thanks for...
by Bert Daniel | Jul 4, 2022 | Welcome Column
Bluegrass music has always been more than just blue. It’s solidly red and white too just like our flag and especially so on this 246th birthday of our great country. Bluegrass fans have to be some of the most patriotic music lovers out there and nothing screams...
by Bert Daniel | Jun 29, 2022 | Uncategorized, Welcome Column
What a treat last week to once again sit in a lawn chair at Grass Valley and listen some of the best musicians in the land! We had a lively crowd, mild weather and lively jams sometimes fueled by recent graduates of the reborn yearly music camp. I hope our venerable...
by Patrick Campbell | Jun 28, 2022 | Announcements
Photo: Sycamore Bend Bluegrass Band at the Park in Clovis. Photo credit: Karana Hattersley-Drayton Bluegrass and Old-Time Music are thriving in the Central San Joaquin Valley. On May 13th we kicked off the 14th season of free Friday concerts in Clovis with Bluegrass...
