by Patrick Campbell | Sep 7, 2021 | Announcements
Photo: Mark Varner representing the CBA at the 2007 IBMA World of Bluegrass (https://cbaphotos.zenfolio.com) Many thanks to Michael Hall of the Northern California Bluegrass Society for researching and helping pull together this Feature – Ed. Mark Varner, the...
by Patrick Campbell | Sep 4, 2021 | Regional News
Photo credit: Jack Thompson (Peter Thompson’s dad), Flint, Michigan, early 1990s BLUEGRASS SIGNAL is broadcast Saturdays, 5-6 pm, on KALW (91.7 FM in Bay Area). It is then available on demand for one week here (select ‘Bluegrass Signal’).
by robin | Jun 17, 2021 | Reviews
www.pinecastlemusic.com Song List: When the Crow Comes Down, Midnight on the Highway, The Ambassador, Issoqueena, Colors of My Life, She Is a Gambler, Just a Few More Miles, Old Fashioned Ways, Autumn Leaves, Wrong Turn That Lead Me To You, Long Hard Way. It isn’t...
by Patrick Campbell | Sep 1, 2021 | Coming Event(s)
Hey Friends!! It’s less than two months away until we can get together!!! Fall Campout is October 11-17, 2021, and we hope you will join us to play our favorite music in Lodi, CA!!!! We have been busy coming up with new ideas and here are a few: We are going to try...
by Patrick Campbell | Sep 1, 2021 | Announcements
One of the highlights of every year is the World of Bluegrass, the wonderful week-long event produced annually by the International Bluegrass Music Association (IBMA) in Raleigh, NC, launching September 28. But this year, the CBA has been watching rising Covid rates...
by Bruce Campbell | Sep 1, 2021 | Welcome Column
I’ve been lucky so far myself, but at one time or another, a lot of people I’ve known have suffered from theft of their musical instruments or equipment. Happily, this is very rare at bluegrass festivals, where a sense of community and good will (and a cost for...
by Patrick Campbell | Aug 11, 2021 | General News, Uncategorized
Christine writes from the heartland of Kansas: Christine Wilhoyte is an alum of CBA Youth Programs and banjo player for the band North Country Blue. This summer and fall, while she misses the California jam circuit, she’s having a blast riding her bike across the...
by Bert Daniel | Dec 13, 2022 | Welcome Column
As so often, my current reflections have been prompted by music that I’ve happened to hear on the television. This time it was a snatch of the song ‘Stay’ which was the first major UK chart success for the Hollies in late 1963. I had always assumed that it was an...
by Bert Daniel | Sep 3, 2021 | Welcome Column
Sorry, I missed you last 1st Thursday. I lost my way for the first time in 10 years of doing this. Not to worry I’m back…mostly. However, I’m still trying to make sense of this pre, post or ongoing pandemic as it relates to jamming or playing casual gigs. I have never...
by Patrick Campbell | Aug 19, 2021 | Music Reviews
Water Tower Band in Wrightwood Photo Credit: Danny Clark August 19, 2021|Current Up in the mountains, among the pines, two of Southern California’s favorite bluegrass bands got to play for an audience of local Wrightwood folks, and loyal fans who were willing to drive...
