Peter Thompson’s NOVEMBER NorCal Bluegrass and Old-time calendar!

CONCERTS

NOTE: many of these events require proof of vaccination/wearing of face masks.

California Bluegrass Reunion (L->R above: Jim Nunally, Darol Anger, Bill Evans, John Reischman, Chad Manning, Sharon Gilchrist) –

– Nov. 10: The Side Door, Sacramento

– Nov. 12: Sonoma County Folk & Bluegrass Festival, Sebastopol

– Nov. 13: Freight & Salvage, Berkeley (includes afternoon workshops)

– Nov. 15: Otter Opry, Monterey

Laurie Lewis & Men of Note (Sam Reider, Brandon Godman, Mark Schatz) –

– Nov. 10: Ripon Arts League, Ripon

– Nov. 11: The Barn, Gilroy

– Nov. 12: Weil Hall Loft at The Green Center, Sonoma

Nov. 10 (noon): Propagators (Evie Ladin, Rowan McCallister, Michelle Yu, Keith Terry) – Salesforce Park, SF

Nov. 10: Blue & Lonesome / Ed Neff & Friends – Willowbrook Ale House, Petaluma

Nov. 12 (1 pm): Sonoma County Bluegrass & Folk Music Festival – Sebastopol Community Center – with Ramblin’ Jack Elliot; Waddie Mitchell; California Bluegrass Reunion; Rita Hosking; Cowboy Scott Gerber; film screening; workshops; jamming

Anya Hinkle (with Billy Cardine) –

– Nov. 14: Fiddletown Community Center

– Nov. 17: Cow Hollow Courtyard Concert Series, SF; info: jen-at-jenstraus-dot-com

– Nov. 18: William Tell House, Tomales

– Nov. 19: house concert in Davis; info: wjwagman-at-dcn-dot-org

– Nov. 20: The Back Room, Berkeley

Jake Blount –

– Nov. 15: Freight & Salvage, Berkeley

– Nov. 17: Kuumbwa Jazz Center, Santa Cruz

– Nov. 18: Castoro Cellars Vineyards & Winery, Templeton

– Nov. 19: The Hotel Cafe, Hollywood

Nov. 15 (5 pm): Skillet Licorice – The Page, SF

Nov. 16: The Local Honeys + screening of Appalshop film; benefit for flood relief in Appalachia – Guild Theatre. Menlo Park (see end of newsletter for more info)

Nov. 16: John Kornheiser & Dark Hollow – Sam’s BBQ, San Jose

Nov. 17: Bloomfield Bluegrass Band – Willowbrook Ale House, Petaluma

Nov. 20 (1:30 pm): Lucy Smith & Dave Berry – Buck Wild Brewery, Oakland

Nov. 22 (5 pm): Skillet Licorice – The Page, SF

Nov. 23: Purple Mountain Majesty – Sam’s BBQ, San Jose

Nov. 26: Laurie Lewis & Friends – Freight & Salvage, Berkeley

Nov. 29 (5 pm): Skillet Licorice – The Page, SF

Dec. 1: Tribute To Loretta Lynn – Freight & Salvage, Berkeley – with Maurice Tani, Cindy Emch, Laura Benitez, Margaret Belton, Hank Maninger & Lynne Maes, Beckylin, Clean Heat, Crying Time, Aireene Espiritu, Lisa Marie Johnston, Leigh Crow & Ruby Vixenn

Dec. 1: Blue & Lonesome / Ed Neff & Friends – Willowbrook Ale House, Petaluma

Watkins Family Hour; Margaret Glaspy –

– Dec. 1: Great American Music Hall, SF

– Dec 2: The Guild Theatre, Menlo Park

Nefesh Mountain –

– Dec. 6: Freight & Salvage, Berkeley

– Dec. 7: Congregation B’nai Israel, Sacramento

– Dec. 8: Moe’s Alley, Santa Cruz

– Dec. 9: Peninsula Temple Sholom, Burlingame

– Dec. 10: Congregation Sherith Israel, SF

Dec. 6 (5 pm): Skillet Licorice – The Page, SF

Dec. 7: Bean Creek – Sam’s BBQ, San Jose

Dec. 8 (noon): Evie Ladin & Alisa Rose – Salesforce Park, SF

Dec. 8: Blue & Lonesome / Ed Neff & Friends – Willowbrook Ale House, Petaluma

AJ Lee & Blue Summit –

– Dec. 9: Chico Women’s Club; Broken Compass Bluegrass opens

– Dec. 10: The Dip, Redding

– Dec. 17: The Independent, SF

Dec. 13 (5 pm): Skillet Licorice – The Page, SF

Dec. 13: Sidesaddle & Co. – Sam’s BBQ, San Jose

Dec. 15: Bloomfield Bluegrass Band – Willowbrook Ale House, Petaluma

Dec. 20 (5 pm): Skillet Licorice – The Page, SF

Dec. 22: Bloomfield Bluegrass Band – Willowbrook Ale House, Petaluma

Dec. 27 (5 pm): Skillet Licorice – The Page, SF

Dec. 29: Bloomfield Bluegrass Band – Willowbrook Ale House, Petaluma

Dec. 31: High Country; Sam Rudin – The Back Room, Berkeley

2023

Jan. 4: Bean Creek – Sam’s BBQ, San Jose

Jan. 7: Evie Ladin Band, The Musers – Occidental Center for the Arts

Jan. 10: Sidesaddle & Co. – Sam’s BBQ, San Jose

Sam Grisman Project (with Ric Robertson, Aaron Lipp, Chris English) –

– Jan. 11: Sweetwater, Mill Valley

– Jan. 12: Center For the Arts, Grass Valley

– Jan. 13: Hopmonk, Sebastopol

– Jan. 14: Humboldt Brews, Arcata

– Jan. 15: Moe’s Alley, Santa Cruz

Jan. 9-13: Danny’s Stewart’s Bluegrass Cruise (Florida > Bahamas) with Danny Paisley & Southern Grass, Valerie Smith & Liberty Pike, Monroe Crossing, Crying Uncle Bluegrass Band, Seth Muldar & Midnight Run, Dave Atkins Band, others

Jan. 12: Words + Music with Laurie Lewis, Don Henry, Claudia Russell, and Nina Gerber – Freight & Salvage, Berkeley

The Slocan Ramblers –

– Jan. 18: Freight & Salvage, Berkeley

– Jan. 20: Otter Opry, Monterey

– Jan. 22: The Old Steeple, Ferndale

– Jan. 25: Jefferson Center For The Arts, Mount Shasta

Kathy Kallick Band –

– Jan. 19: Cloveredale Arts Alliance

– Jan 20: Folsom Opry; info/res: john-at-shaunv-dot-com

– Jan. 21: Fifth Street Farms, Berkeley; info/res: fifthstreetfarms-at-gmail-dot-com

Jan. 27-28: Yonder Mountain String Band – Freight & Salvage, Berkeley

Feb. 1: Bean Creek – Sam’s BBQ, San Jose

Feb. 10: The Jake Eddy Trio – The Back Room, Berkeley

Newberry & Verch –

– Feb. 14: house concert in Chico

– Feb. 15: Miners Foundry Cultural Center, Nevada City

– Feb. 16: Cloverdale Arts Alliance

– Feb. 17: The Sebastopol Community Center (double bill with the Kathy Kallick Band); info/res: hogiemoon-at-comcast-dot-net

– Feb. 18: The Strum Shop, Roseville

– Feb. 19: Freight & Salvage, Berkeley (double bill with the Kathy Kallick Band)

– Feb. 22: house concert in Mountain View; info/res: scvfa-dot-susan-at-gmail-dot-com

– Feb. 26: Crazy J Ranch, Topanga

Feb. 16: Molsky’s Mountain Drifters – Freight & Salvage, Berkeley

Hawktail –

– Feb. 16: Little Saint, Healdsburg

– Feb. 17: Felton Music Hall

– Feb. 18: Freight & Salvage, Berkeley

– Feb. 19: Hopmonk Novato

– Feb. 21: The Old Steeple, Ferndale

Kathy Kallick Band –

Feb. 17: The Sebastopol Community Center* info/res: hogiemoon-at-comcast-dot-net

Feb. 18: The Otter Opry, Monterey

Feb. 19: Freight & Salvage, Berkeley*

* double bills with Joe Newberry & April Verch

FESTIVALS

Jan. 12-15: Portland Old Time Music Gathering – Tiffany Center, Portland, OR

Jan. 27-29: Winter Music Festival – Florence Events Center, Florence, OR

Michael Cleveland & Flamekeeper; Jake Blount; The Slocan Ramblers; AJ Lee & Blue Summit; Never Come Down; Crary, Evans & Barnick; Josh Goforth; Cabin Fever NW; ..

Feb. 23-26: Wintergrass – Hyatt Regency, Bellevue, WA

Danny Paisley & The Southern Grass; Cedric Watson & Dirk Powell; Allison De Groot & Tatiana Hargreaves; Ben Hunter & Joe Seamons; Tray Wellington Band; The Slocan Ramblers; Darrell Scott Bluegrass Band; Tommy Emmanuel; Jerry Douglas Band; Dan Tyminski Band; Hawktail; Pasdecinq (Anger, Haas, Haas, Hakenson, Gareiss); Caleb Klauder & Reeb Willms Country Band; Sonny Landreth & Cindy Cashdollar; Joe Craven & Joe Troop; Mollie O’Brien & Rich Moore; Miles & Karina Band; Julian Smedley & Alison Odell; Henhouse Prowlers; Nick Dumas & Branchline; Fiddlers Four; Jacob Jolliff Band; Runaway Train; The Cactus Blossoms; The Deslondes; Bella White; Anna Tivel

March 31 – April 2: Winter Wintergrass – Palisades Tahoe, Olympic Valley, CA

Molly Tuttle & Golden Highway; Della Mae; Tray Wellington Band; AJ Lee & Blue Summit; Lindsay Lou; Greensky Bluegrass; many others

May 25-29: Strawberry Music Festival – Nevada County Fairgrounds, Grass Valley

Yonder Mountain String Band, Della Mae, Laurie Lewis, Mr. Sun, AJ Lee & Blue Summit, Tray Wellington, Sam Grisman Project, North Mississippi All-Stars, The Rainbow Girls, the Way Down Wanderers, Mumbo Gumbo, Handmade Moments, Banana Slug String Band

NOTE: No Fall Festival in 2023.

June 15-18: CBA’s Father’s Day Festival – Nevada County Fairgrounds, Grass Valley

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JAM SESSIONS

Jamming at the 2022 South State 48

NOTE: ma of these events require proof of vaccination/wearing of face masks.

IN-PERSON JAM SESSIONS

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Sundays (3 pm): Taco Refuge jam –  Scout Rock – 2360 Scout Rd., Oakland (outdoors)

First Sundays (1 pm): Santa Clara Valley Fiddlers Association – Hoover School, Naglee & Park, San Jose

First Sundays (1 pm): Arlene Francis Center, Santa Rosa;

host/info: davidacarlson62-at-hotmail-dot-com

First Sundays (3 pm): old time jam – Church of the Oaks, Cotati;

hosts: Chris Carney & Janette Duncan: 707-483-6885

First Sundays (7:30 pm): Shoe Jam – Lucky Horseshoe, 453 Cortland Ave, SF

Second Sundays (4 pm): Marin Bluegrass Sessions – Mantra Wines, 881 Grant Ave., Novato

Third Sundays (2:30 pm): Coffee & Moore, Sebastopol;

host/info: davidacarlson62-at-hotmail-dot-com

Fifth Sundays (1 pm): Sebastopol Grange Hall;

info: socofoso-at-gmail-dot-com

Mondays (7-9 pm): South Bay (Mostly) Old-Time Jam – Unitarian Universalist Church, 505 East Charleston Rd., Palo Alto

First Monday (6 pm): The Garage Jam – Out West Roadhouse, 321-2nd St., Petaluma; host/info: ted-at-tedtedted-dot-com

Second & Fourth Tuesdays (7 pm): Dublin Heritage Center Park (usually in the Old Schoolhouse), Dublin;

host/info: bob-dot-gisler-at-icloud-dot-com

Tuesdays (6:30 pm): Brewgrass Jam – Cato’s Ale House, Piedmont Ave., Oakland; host/info: cheney.munson-at-readingandwritingproject-dot-com

Wednesdays (5:30 pm): East Bay Bluegrass Jam – Arlington Park Clubhouse (outdoors), 1120 Arlington Blvd, El Cerrito;

host/info: stevehutchmarine-at-gmail-dot-com

Second & Fourth Wednesdays (6 pm): Reel & Brand, Sonoma;

host/info: ted-at-tedtedted-dot-com​, chandra-dot-friese-at-gmail-dot-com

re-starting on January 12th –

Thursdays (7 pm): Java Jam – Los Gatos Coffee Roasting Company, 101 W Main St., LG

Jan. 12: Robert Cornelius, Yvonne Walbroehl, Tom Lucas, Lou McClenahan, Bill Ruskin

Saturdays (5:30 pm): Taco Jam – Baja Taqueria, 4070 Piedmont Ave., Oakland

Nov. 12: Bethany Sorkey, Greg Pratt, Jerry Barush, …

Nov. 19: Betsy Maudlin, Silas Jude, Tom Lucas, …

First & Third Saturdays (1 pm): Piper Park, Corte Madera;

host/info: loew-at-comcast-dot-net

Second Saturdays (12 pm): Bluegrass Train Jam – Santa Clara Depot, 1005 Railroad Ave, SC; host/info: kennedymk-at-comcast-dot-net

Third Saturdays (2 pm): old time jam – Charles Street Village Clubhouse, Cotati;

host/info: heidi-dot-chesney-at-gmail-dot-com

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Jan. 5-8, 2023: The Great 48 Jam – Bakersfield, CA

Non-stop jamming + workshops, evening band performances, children’s activities.

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In-person jams at the Freight & Salvage, Berkeley -​​​​​​

• Nov. 20 (3 pm): Old Time Shred Sesh w/ Evie Ladin
• ​Nov. 27 (3 pm): Bluegrass/Country Jam w/ Richard Brandenburg
• Dec. 18 (3 pm): Bluegrass/Country Jam w/ Richard Brandenburg

ONLINE JAM SESSIONS

Tuesdays (7 pm): Andronico’s Oldtime Jam via Zoom led by Dinah and Noah Stroe; info/link: steve-dot-goldfield-at-gmail-dot-com

Second Friday (5:30 pm): BOTMC Slow Jam Fizz on Zoom & YouTube

Nov. 11 jam leader: Brittany Haas

INSTRUCTION

Richard Brandenberg teaching at the Freight & Salvage

IN-PERSON INSTRUCTION

NOTE: most of these events require proof of vaccination &/or wearing of face masks

Mondays (Aug. 29 – Dec. 19) from noon – 1:00 pm: Bluegrass Workshop & Jam class w/ Erik Pearson and Tregar Otton – Community Music Center, Mission District Branch (544 Capp St.), San Francisco

The current session of in-person Freight & Salvage classes began this week and runs through mid-December; classes include:

– Tuesdays (8:00 pm): Bluegrass Jam Class w/ Olivier Zyngier

– Thursdays (7:00 pm): Songs of Merle Haggard w/ Richard Brandenburg

– Thursdays (8:30 pm): Back Playing Together w/ Richard Brandenburg

Nov. 13 (2:00 pm): CA Bluegrass Reunion workshops – Freight & Salvage, Berkeley

– Playing the Mandolin w/ another Mandolin Player w/ John Reischman & Sharon Gilchrist

– Working Up Scruggs-Style Banjo Solos w/ Bill Evans

– Walking and Strumming: Enhancing Your Rhythm Guitar Playing w/ Jim Nunally

ONLINE INSTRUCTION

The current session of online Freight & Salvage classes began this week and runs through mid-December; classes include:

Mondays (6:30 pm): Beginning Fiddle II w/ Erik Hoffman

Mondays (7:30 pm): Fiddle Tunes with a Touch of Theory w/ Erik Hoffman

Mondays (5:30 pm): Rank Beginner Clawhammer Banjo w/ Evie Ladin

Tuesdays (7:00 pm): Clawhammer Banjo Repertoire & Technique w/ Evie Ladin

Tuesdays (7:00 pm): Songs of Merle Haggard w/ Richard Brandenburg

Wednesdays (5:30 pm): Mountain Dulcimer 2 w/ Deborah Hamouris

Wednesdays (7:00 pm): Intro to Mountain Dulcimer w/ Deborah Hamouris

Wednesdays (6:30 pm): Building Solid Basslines w/ Karen Horner

Bay Area instructors include:

• Richard Brandenburg
• Dix Bruce
• Evie Ladin
• Avram Siegel
• Eric Thompson
• Suzy Thompson
• Jack Tuttle
• Manning Music

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CBA music teacher directory

​MUSIC CAMPS

April 13-16: Walker Creek Music Camp – West Marin

Instructors: Greg Schochet (Beginning Bluegrass Jamming) • Steve Pottier (Bluegrass Guitar) • Evie Ladin (Old Time Ensemble) • Howard Rains (Rhythm & Old Time Back-up Guitar) • Dave Keenan (Bluegrass Banjo) • Tony Marcus (Swing Rhythm Guitar) • Mark Schatz (Clawhammer Banjo) • Adam Traum (Fingerpicking, Travis & Piedmont Styles Guitar) • Steve Roy (Bass) • Richard Brown (Bluegrass Monroe Style Mandolin) • Ivan Rosenberg (Dobro) • Tim Connell (Swing & Jazz Repertoire Mandolin) • Paul Shelasky (Bluegrass Fiddle) • Katie Glassman (Swing Vocals)

Also coming in 2023: CBA Music Camp, California Coast Music Camp, West Marin Fiddle Camp, Puget Sound Guitar Workshop, Nimblefingers, American Banjo Camp, …

RADIO SHOWS

Nov. 19th on KALW & Nov. 21-27 on Bluegrass Country: Across the Tracks

Bluegrass Signal is broadcast on Saturdays, 5-6 pm (Pacific) on KALW (91.7 FM in Bay Area). It is then archived for one week HERE.

Nov. 12: Between the Wars

Allegra Thompson’s annual collection of music for Veterans Day.

Nov. 19: Across the Tracks

PT samples new music from Rhonda Vincent, Billy Strings (and his father), Kathy Kallick (and Molly Tuttle), The Kody Norris Show, Sister Sadie, Junior Sisk, Larry Cordle, Jeff Brown & Still Lonesome, Olivia Jo, Justin Hiltner, The John & Wendy Mackin Band, and Jason Barie, plus a previously-unreleased song from Hazel Dickens & Alice Gerrard, and a new reissue of James Price’s Fiddlin’ the Old Time Way. And more. Yowzah!

Nov. 26: All Kinds Of Country

Sully Roddy’s appealing mix of bluegrass, classic country, blues, and Americana.

Dec. 3: Dawn Of the Dawg

The David Grisman Quintet introduced Dawg’s new music at a Bread & Roses show on this date in 1976, and an anniversary celebration seems appropriate to P.

Dec. 10: 2022 Favorites

PT compiles the picks from his and other Bluegrass Signal producer/hosts Top Ten lists.

Dec. 17: December Membership Campaign special

Stay tuned for details.

Dec. 24: Santa Grass

Leah Wollenberg presents some of her fave seasonal sounds.

Dec. 31: All Kinds Of Country

Sully Roddy whoops it up for New Year’s Eve — and beyond.

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Bluegrass Signal is also broadcast four times each week on Bluegrass Country.

The initial broadcast of Bluegrass Signal is on Monday at 11 pm (Eastern time). The show is then rebroadcast on Wednesdays (midnight), Fridays (6 pm), and Sundays (midnight). The times given are EASTERN and the program is available HERE.

Bluegrass Country has an ARCHIVE PLAYER, so you can pick the date and (Eastern) time of broadcast to hear Bluegrass Signal — or any of the other 33 shows on Bluegrass Country — at your convenience!

NOTE: Pacific Time broadcasts of Bluegrass Signal on Bluegrass Country:

Mon. (8 pm), Tues. (9 pm), Fri. (3 pm), and Sat. (9 pm).

Nov. 7-13: Between the Wars

Allegra Thompson’s annual collection of music for Veterans Day.

Nov. 14-20: What’s Goin’ On?

PT presents musical previews of upcoming Bay Area shows, including the John Hartford Fiddle Tune Project, “All Wigged Out” (film plus Cathy Fink & Marcy Marxer performance), Laurie Lewis & Friends, Black Opry Revue, Anya Hinkle & Billy Cardine, California Bluegrass Reunion, Jake Blount, Nefesh Mountain, Crying Uncle Bluegrass Band, and Broken Compass Bluegrass.

Nov. 21-27: ​Across the Tracks

PT surveys some new releases, which fall into several themes: blues, mountain, farewell, family, …

Nov. 28 – Dec. 11: All Kinds Of Country x2

Sully Roddy’s appealing mix of bluegrass, classic country, blues, and Americana.

Dec. 12-18: tba

Dec. 19-24: Santa Grass

Leah Wollenberg presents some of her fave seasonal sounds.

​Dec. 25 – Jan. 1: December Membership Campaign special

Stay tuned for details.

Bluegrass Signal PLAYLISTS

Please visit the Bluegrass Signal website for the the September, October, and November, 2022 playlists — and all the others!

Their songs, says Montana, “are about what we know, reflections of us as people. We realized we have the power to add our own narrative into Kentucky music.” Reflecting on their latest collection, Linda notes, “Songwriting can freeze people in time like a photograph, preserving little nuances particular to specific cultures and I love that.”

They won the 2017 Chris Austin Songwriting Contest at Merlefest for the anti-strip mining song, “Cigarette Trees,” a number that’s as fine as anything I’ve heard in the last decade. They’ve worked tirelessly to educate audiences about the issues facing their region of Appalachia, and have been active in raising funds for flood relief in their native state.

On Nov. 16, The Local Honeys are appearing at Menlo Park’s Guild Theatre in a show billed as Appalshop: A Fundraiser to Benefit Appalachian Artists’ Flood Relief.

Tickets and more information HERE

Their band bio actually got it right:

“The Local Honeys come from a long line of storytellers, a lineage of strong Kentucky women who aren’t afraid to tell it like it is. The narratives and landscapes they weave into song, the deep understanding and love they share for old time traditions, their undeniable charisma and charm, and their blatant disregard to follow the rules make it clear the duo is poised to become not only the defining voices of their home state of Kentucky but the defining voices of a new Appalachia.”

HERE‘s a video of them doing “Cigarette Trees;” see if you don’t agree with me!

And … This video is 15 min. long, but well worth a watch. It informs us about the struggles of living in Appalachian coal country — and the plight of the Troublesome Creek Stringed Instrument Company, a vital program that has been saving lives by offering purpose and community to those in recovery from opioid addiction which was destroyed by the July/22 flooding in eastern Kentucky. It concludes with The Local Honeys performing “Dying To Make A Living.”