by Bruce Campbell | Sep 22, 2021 | Welcome Column
You’ve seen it a million times at live shows – at some point, someone in the band says “We have a special guest joining us for a few songs” and out comes someone you didn’t expect who gets handed a guitar and plays with the featured band for a time. Sometimes, it’s...
by Bert Daniel | Sep 10, 2021 | Welcome Column
Here’s what I wrote ten years ago about what happenened in 2001: December 7th. September 11. In our country we remember these two dates as shocking moments of disaster caused by some of our fellow human beings. Human beings who calculated destruction for those of...
by Patrick Campbell | Sep 9, 2021 | General News
Of particular importance to this sad story is the second paragraph: mask resistance can be largely credited for tanking the Festival.
by Patrick Campbell | Sep 8, 2021 | Regional News
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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...
