by Patrick Campbell | Oct 22, 2021 | Reviews
Della Mae: Family Reunion www.dellamae.com Song List: These Songs, You Don’t Have To Do That, Ride Away, Goodbye My Friend/Waltz for Lois, The Way It Was Before, Dry Town, Heart of My Home, A Few Old Memories, The End. Della Mae has been attracting attention since...
by Bruce Campbell | Oct 20, 2021 | Welcome Column
Warning – this message contains generous helpings of curmudgeon. Folks who know me know I take casual dressing very seriously. Like most men, and most definitely men of my age, the paramount importance of clothes is to be comfortable, avoid indecent exposure...
by Maggie Sokolik | Oct 22, 2021 | Welcome Column, Bluegrass History, Historic Photos, Old Archived News
I’m jumping into the bluegrass time machine and turning this column over to Steve Pottier in 1983. This article appeared in the September/October edition of the Bluegrass Breakdown of that year. Steve kept a “Diary” of his experiences as a member of High Country...
by Patrick Campbell | Oct 19, 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 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...
