by Bert Daniel | Oct 17, 2021 | Welcome Column
Editor’s note: With the background of the COP26 climate summit going on in Glasgow, Scotland now, I thought I should republish this article written several years ago about an issue all of us should care about and about which bluegrass musicians have sounded a warning...
by Patrick Campbell | Oct 16, 2021 | Reviews
Jesse Brock: Streamliner – Song List: Black Rock City, Wonder Could I Live There Anymore, Streamliner, God on the Mountain, Big Mon, Hey Spikedriver, Nobody Loves Me, KIs on a Cold Cold Stone, What My Memory Tells Me, Treasures of the Past, Shuckin’ the Corn,...
by Patrick Campbell | Oct 14, 2021 | Bluegrass History
Photo: Barry with Big Mon at Belcove Inn 1995 Recently we were sent a series of provocative blogs by banjo player and former California resident Barry Willis. A bit of online research got us in touch with him, and we learned a bit of his history. Barry lived for a...
by Patrick Campbell | Oct 14, 2021 | Music Reviews, Old-time scene, Reviews
California, with immigrants from the world over, has always been awash in traditional music, and continues to be. New releases on the Tiki Parlour label from Southern Cal spotlight the many directions that current and past Old-time music has taken. From San Diego via...
by Bert Daniel | Oct 13, 2021 | Welcome Column
Editor’s note: If you love the Louvin Brothers as much as I do and we all should, you will plow through this last chapter of Aynsley’s thesis and learn a bit more about this very influential duo. Thanks again to Aynsley for letting me republish her hard work. As good...
by Bert Daniel | Oct 8, 2021 | Welcome Column
I’m feeling pretty good heading into October. The meds must be working…finally. I’m getting out to jams a little more often and actually starting to do fairly well playing my new ax. More often yes, but still not anywhere near pre plague days. Back in the ancient...
by Bruce Campbell | Oct 6, 2021 | Welcome Column
One of the things I love about Bluegrass music is the stories. Here are some common themes: Unrequited Love This is not unique to bluegrass, by any means. But the bluegrass renderings of this story have some really fun subthemes. One is “You Don’t Love Me, I Might As...
by Patrick Campbell | Oct 4, 2021 | Reviews
Kyle Ledson: Left It All Behind www.kyleledson.com Song Titles: Appear, The Bend, No Footprints, Jack Straw, Meant to Be, Wait Until the Sun Comes Out, He Ain’t Coming Home, Off the Rails, Left It All Behind, If You’re Ever in Oklahoma, Better Day, I Will Follow You...
by Patrick Campbell | Oct 3, 2021 | General News
CBA helped IBMA this year by producing the Kids on Bluegrass Finale video, featuring 30 talented kids from throughout the US. CBA was proud to be involved in a very successful IBMA World of Bluegrass. This year’s event, a hybrid of in-person and virtual activities,...
by Patrick Campbell | Oct 3, 2021 | Reviews
(This piece is the complete version of the Brenda’s review in the October Bluegrass Breakdown – Ed.) Many of the youth bands featured at IBMA have been products of the CBA’s Kids on Bluegrass program, and Mei Lin Heirendt and Kyle Ledson started to learn...
