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...
by Bert Daniel | Feb 6, 2022 | Welcome Column
The Daily Grist: Where oh where is pretty little Susie? Way down yonder in the pawpaw patch (traditional) Spring is springing already here in California! And there is no greater delight than watching the trees bloom each spring. Like many others during the COVID era I...
by Bert Daniel | Feb 4, 2022 | Welcome Column
I can tell you from experience. It’s not a bad thing at all to be stuck in Lodi. For years now the CBA has held its fall or spring campout at the Grape Festival Grounds in Lodi. By April we may be somewhat out of this pandemic mess and I hope we will be able to...
by Patrick Campbell | Feb 4, 2022 | Announcements
Check out the VIDEO that CBA staff photographer Robin Frenette shot at Molly and Golden Highway performing “Grass Valley” at the Roxy Theater on Feb 2. Anyone who has attended at Father’s Day Festival in Grass Valley will feel pretty darn nostalgic!...
by Patrick Campbell | Feb 3, 2022 | Reviews
Magnolia Drive: Timeless www.MagnoliaDrive.com Song List: Lonely Side of Goodbye, The Girl On Sugar Pie Lane, Going Back in Time, Your Tender Loving Care, I Will Always Be With You, I Won’t Call You, It’s Me Again Lord, Mountain Rose, Sweet Country Girl, Going Home,...
by Patrick Campbell | Feb 3, 2022 | Announcements
Greetings – Thanks for your interest in Bay Area bluegrass and old time music events — and for sending me updates and corrections. Please visit the Bluegrass Signal web site for the latest listings and playlists, as well as a number of items and articles...
by Patrick Campbell | Feb 3, 2022 | Interesting Instruments
CBA Member Kai Lyons, currently on a study trip to Brazil, tries out a “samba banjo.” Based on a traditional Brazilian instrument called a cavaquinho, this instrument uses a banjo body for extra volume, like a banjo uke. It’s tuned an octave above...
