by Patrick Campbell | Feb 24, 2022 | Announcements
Every few days we will feature a different band that will be playing on the Main Stage or in the California Showcase this year. We have a great lineup in 2022, so keep checking in. Della Mae is a GRAMMY-nominated all-woman string band founded by lead...
by Bruce Campbell | Feb 23, 2022 | Welcome Column
During the earlier days of the pandemic lockdown, my wife and I decided to (finally) organize the hidden (semi-hidden) junk places in our home. We had to be brutal and decide which of the accumulated junk to save and which to throw out. Of course, for anything we...
by Bert Daniel | Dec 13, 2022 | Welcome Column
Suppose you decide to play a recording from Bill Monroe and his Bluegrass Boys, or the Stanley Brothers or Flatt and Scruggs. You’re about to listen to some Bluegrass music, right? After all, these are the bands that form the pillars of the genre we now call Bluegrass...
by Bert Daniel | Feb 20, 2022 | Welcome Column
Not so long ago, I completed a goal that had eluded me for about a half a century. I read through the entire Old Testatment from beginning to end. And, in a big way, Bluegrass was my inspiration! Even though my column generally falls on a Sunday, I write about...
by Patrick Campbell | Feb 19, 2022 | Announcements, Bluegrass Musicians
CBA member Arjan Khalsa and his banjo would normally be in middle of any jam, but he recently injured his hand, so he had to settle for second best: filming the first-Monday-of-every-month Garage Jam in Petaluma. Check out his fun video
by Patrick Campbell | Feb 17, 2022 | Announcements, FDF bands
Every few days we will feature a different band that will be playing on the Main Stage or in the California Showcase this year. We have a great lineup in 2022, so keep checking in. NOTE Music Camp students: We are blessed to be hosting the powerhouse Old-time band...
by Bruce Campbell | Feb 16, 2022 | Welcome Column
If you’ve been at a jam, and someone reels off a perfect rendition of a classic banjo (or guitar, or fiddle) solo, it’s a thrilling moment, no doubt. And if you’re at a jam and someone reels off a solo that’s wholly different, that’s a thrilling moment too,...
by Patrick Campbell | Feb 12, 2022 | Reviews
Cedar Hill: New Chapter www.cedarhillbluegrass.net Song List: How Deep Is the Lonesome, That Stanley Sound, Are You Born Again, Hold Onto My Heart, Tend To My Flowers, Leavin’ Egypt, The Art of Love, Number One at the Bottom, I Can’t Settle Down, This Old Guitar,...
by Bert Daniel | Feb 11, 2022 | Welcome Column
I’m sure you’ve all seen them. They wander around the campgrounds in search of a good jam. But unlike most other would be bluegrass jammers, they are heavily burdened by a very ponderous and unwieldy instrument. If they do a lot of jam hopping...
by Bruce Campbell | Feb 9, 2022 | Welcome Column
Recently I heard some chatter about a guy who was wreaking some havoc with guest spots at a regular jam session. I guess it wasn’t a jam session in the usual sense – this particular jam will feature five musicians thrown together for the night, and I guess that...
