by Bruce Campbell | May 18, 2022 | Welcome Column
One of the peculiar benefits of being a performing musician is I get to see a lot of people dance. There’s just no action of self-expression as pure and universal as dance. I see little kids who can barely walk dance impulsively to live music. I have seen elderly...
by Bert Daniel | May 15, 2022 | Welcome Column
A few of years ago I was driving home from one of our bluegrass campouts and I happened to pass a small graveyard. It was Sunday and an exceptionally beautiful day. Flowers were blooming at the grave sites and families were visiting their dear departed ones. I thought...
by Bruce Campbell | May 11, 2022 | Welcome Column
I have seen a lot of articles lately about tours by bands like the Rolling Stones, Pink Floyd and the like, and invariably the story line is “They’re still playing after all these years!” To which we bluegrass fans say “What’s so amazing about that?” We’ve all seen...
by Bert Daniel | May 9, 2022 | Uncategorized, Welcome Column
Listening to new music can be a very challenging experience. Suppose you hear a brand new song by a group that you really love. You might be a little bit sceptical. Just give me what I’m used to. That’s what I came here to hear you in the first place. My favorite song...
by Bert Daniel | May 6, 2022 | Uncategorized, Welcome Column
Father’s day welcome columnists often write about the column that nobody reads (because we’re all at the Grass Valley Festival). Mother’s Day might be the column that almost nobody reads because you’re all off to the great annual festival in...
by Patrick Campbell | May 6, 2022 | Announcements
Photo of 2019 raffle winner Lucy Smith with her Santa Cruz Guitar, Tony Rice model! Many thanks to Santa Cruz Guitar owner, Richard Hoover (cardboard cutout), for his most generous donation! The 2022 Raffle is in progress right NOW. Please see all items and...
by Bruce Campbell | May 4, 2022 | Welcome Column
Like most people nowadays, my first experiences with music were hearing it on the radio, records or TV. Some folks grow up in a musical family, but I didn’t (my kids did, though). Hearing music only from those three media outlets mentioned above tends to make you...
by Patrick Campbell | May 2, 2022 | Reviews
www.darylmosley.com Song List: Transistor Radio, Hillbilly Dust, The Last of His Kind, Bringing Simple Back, He’s With Me, The Waverly Train Disaster, You Are the Reason, I Can’t Go Home Anymore, The Way I Was Raised, Mama’s Bible, Here’s to the...
by Bert Daniel | May 1, 2022 | Welcome Column
I have a lot of fun writing about the music I love and if you are a regular reader here maybe you have thought about contributing your own thoughts about bluegrass music. I certainly encourage you to do so. We need new writers for the welcome column. Please send me...
by Patrick Campbell | May 1, 2022 | Announcements
Photo: TJ Band. L to R Ted Kuster, David Carlson, Bert Daniel, Alice Fitzwater, and Jason Gross. (photo – Patrick Campbell) CBA member and dogged Sonoma County bluegrass jam leader and promoter David Carlson produced the first annual Americana String Music...
