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Bay Area Bluegrass Events
Sept. 2, 2019
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Thanks very much for your interest in Bay Area bluegrass and old time music events. Additions, corrections, suggestions, and comments are much appreciated.
* e-mail:
bgsignal@comcast.net
* on-air studio phone: 415-841-4134
A complete,
constantly-updated calendar is always available HERE
. Thanks for letting me know what
needs to be added or changed.
It's getting to be fundraising time for KALW, your local public radio station -- and the home of
Bluegrass Signal for 24 years.
Your pledge of at least $50 for the next year will help KALW pay the bills. In addition to my heartfelt appreciation and all the great programming on KALW, you can receive a unique thank-you gift for a pledge of this amount: a
2020 Bluegrass & Old Time Music Calendar.
It includes the birthdays and images of your favorite Bay Area musicians, plus 2020 dates for all the festivals, music camps, and special events -- along with some dates of historical significance. See a sample month below.
This calendar will not be officially offered via the KALW web site until our Fall Membership Campaign in late October. But the station is doing "silent" fundraising
from
Sept. 9-23
, eliciting listener support in advance of the on-air drive.
If you write me now via
bgsignal@comcast.net and tell me to save you a calendar, I'll do so. In fact, I'll mail you one before the end of this month!
And I'll thank you very much for your contribution to KALW via
Bluegrass Signal -
PeterT
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Bluegrass Signal
Saturdays, 6:30 - 8:00 pm on
KALW
(91.7 FM in the Bay Area)
NOTES:
- The area's most comprehensive bluegrass calendar is part of every show (between 7:30 and 8 pm); it often includes musical previews and sometimes has ticket giveaways.
- All KALW local music programs are archived for one week and can be heard on demand. Just go
HERE
and select 'Bluegrass Signal' to hear that week's show.
- Every Saturday on KALW, there are three other acoustic music-based programs broadcast before Bluegrass Signal: Thistle & Shamrock (2 pm), Folk Music & Beyond (3 pm), and A Patchwork Quilt (5 pm).
- Bluegrass Signal hosts: Peter Thompson (PT), Leah Wollenberg (LW), Allegra Thompson (AT), and others.
Sept. 7:
Happy Birthday, Barry (Sugar Hill Records) Poss!
host: PT
Sept. 14 & 21: Across the Tracks
New music from Jesse McReynolds,
Larry Sparks,
Gena Britt,
Bean Creek, Audie Blaylock & Redline,
Mac Martin & the Dixie Travelers,
Gina Furtado, Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver, Blue Highway,
The Po' Ramblin' Boys, David Grier
,
Johnny & Jeanette
Williams, Hard Drive,
Crooked Stovepipe,
and
Just Around the Bend: Survival and Revival in Southern Banjo Styles - Mike Seeger's Last Documentary
; host: PT
Sept. 28: Happy Birthday, Laurie Lewis! co-hosts: AT & LW
Oct. 5: Music From the True Vine; host: LW
Oct. 12:
It's A Musical World with guest host
Kathy Kallick.
Oct. 19:
What's Goin' On - musical previews of the California Banjo Extravaganza, the Del McCoury Band in concert, and other upcoming events; host: AT
Oct. 26:
Hard Pressed (But We Can Find A Way) - KALW Fall Membership Campaign Special!
Nov. 2:
Turn Back the Hands Of Time. Or at least your clocks; host: PT
Nov. 9 (3-8 pm): ON AIR FOLK FESTIVAL; five hours of live music in the KALW studios.
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Concerts & Club Dates: this month
Sept. 2 (11 am): Snap Jackson & the Knock On Wood Players -
Sausalito Arts Festival
Sept. 2: Fog Holler - Amnesia, SF
AJ Lee & Blue Summit -
- Sept. 3 (6:30 pm): Phil's Fish Market, Moss Landing
- Sept. 4 (6 pm): Sam's BBQ, San Jose
- Sept. 5 (5:30 pm): Testarossa Winery, Los Gatos
- Sept. 6 (AJ & Jesse only): Santa Cruz Mountain Brewing
- Sept. 7 (noon): Santa Cruz Mountain Jam, Los Gatos
- Sept. 7 (7 pm): Mare Island Brewing, Vallejo
- Sept. 13-15: McCloud Mountain Bluegrass Festival
Sept. 3: Bean Creek - Sam's BBQ, San Jose
Sept. 4: Blue & Lonesome - Le Bateau Ivre, Berkeley
Sept. 4: Whiskey Brothers - Albatross Pub, Berkeley
Sept. 5: Goat Hill Girls - Summit House, Los Gatos
Sept. 5: Ed Neff & Friends - Willowbrook Ale House, Petaluma
Sept. 5: Mill Creek Ramblers - Mission Pizza, Fremont
Sept. 9: The Bow Ties - Amnesia, SF
Sept. 10: Sidesaddle & Co. - Sam's BBQ, San Jose
Sept. 12 (noon):
Evil Licorice (Matt Knoth, Elise Engelberg, & Evie Ladin) -
People in Plazas -
303 2nd St., SF
Sept. 12: Ed Neff & Friends- Willowbrook Ale House, Petaluma
Sept. 12: Mill Creek Ramblers - Mission Pizza, Fremont
Sept. 12: Laurie Lewis - house concert in Santa Cruz
Sept. 13:
Bill Monroe Birthday Celebration
- Freight & Salvage, Berkeley
-
with Laurie Lewis & the Right
Hands (Tom Rozum, Patrick Sauber, Brandon Godman, and
Joshua Zucker), plus guests Tom Bekeny,
Butch
Waller,
and
Elise Leavy; special emphasis on the 1943-45 version (with Sally Ann
Forrester
) of the Blue Grass Boys.
Sept 14 (11 am): Mo B. & Dick
(Maureen Blumenthal & Richard Mason) -
Berkeley Horticultural Nursery
Sept. 14 (1 pm): The Bearcat Stringband Duo - Cato's, Oakland
Sept. 14 (3 pm): Harmony Grits - San Gregorio Store
Sept. 15 (5:30 pm): Mountain Fire Bluegrass Band - Cato's Ale House, Oakland
Sept. 16: Windy Hill - Amnesia, SF
Sept. 17: Wildcat Mountain Ramblers - Sam's BBQ, San Jose
Sept. 17: Tony Furtado Band - Michael's On Main, Soquel
Sept. 17-18: David Bromberg; Jordan Tice - Freight & Salvage, Berkeley
Sept. 18-22:
BERKELEY OLD TIME MUSIC CONVENTION
Jerron Paxton, who's in concert at the Freight on 9/19 and gives a banjo workshop there on 9/22; complete BOTMC schedule in the FESTIVALS section below.
Sept. 18: Whiskey Brothers - Albatross Pub, Berkeley
Sept. 19: tba - Willowbrook Ale House, Petaluma
Sept. 19: Mill Creek Ramblers - Mission Pizza, Fremont
Sept. 21 (5 pm): Fog Holler - Peri's Silver Dollar Bar, Fairfax
Sept. 21: Footprints - Mission Pizza, Fremont
Sept. 22: Bernal Hillbillies - Lucky Horseshoe, SF
Sept. 23: Earl Brothers - Amnesia, SF
Sept. 24: The Mighty Crows - Sam's BBQ, San Jose
Sept. 26 (5 pm): Fog Holler - Brewsters, Petaluma
Sept. 26: The Salty Suites
(Scott Gates, Chuck Hailes, Chelsea Williams) - The Back Room, Berkeley
Sept. 26: tba - Willowbrook Ale House, Petaluma
Sept. 26: Mill Creek Ramblers - Mission Pizza, Fremont
Sept. 27: Leyla McCalla - Freight & Salvage, Berkeley
Sept. 28: Beargrass Creek - Mission Pizza, Fremont
Sept. 28 Goat Hill Girls - Los Gatos Coffee Roasting Company, LG
Sept. 30: High Country - Amnesia, SF
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Concerts & Club Dates: next month
Oct. 1: Bean Creek - Sam's BBQ, San Jose
Oct 2 (5 pm):
Skillet Licorice -
Salesforce Park - 425 Mission, SF
Oct. 2: Whiskey Brothers - Albatross Pub, Berkeley
Oct. 3: Goat Hill Girls - Summit House, Los Gatos
Oct. 3: Ed Neff & Friends - Willowbrook Ale House, Petaluma
Oct. 3: Mill Creek Ramblers - Mission Pizza, Fremont
Oct. 7: Fog Holler - Amnesia, SF
Oct. 7: The Punch Brothers - Freight & Salvage, Berkeley * SOLD OUT *
Oct. 8: Sidesaddle & Co. - Sam's BBQ, San Jose
Oct. 10: Ed Neff & Friends - Willowbrook Ale House, Petaluma
Oct. 10: Mill Creek Ramblers - Mission Pizza, Fremont
Oct. 11: Abbie Gardner & Eli West - Freight & Salvage, Berkeley
Oct. 12 (1 pm): The Bearcat Stringband Duo - Cato's, Oakland
Oct. 12 (3 pm): Harmony Grits - San Gregorio Store
Oct. 12 (4:30 pm): Highway One -
Mountain Parks Foundation Lobster Feed - Henry Cowell Redwoods State Park (Picnic Area 1); benefit for Henry Cowell and Big Basin Redwoods State Parks
Oct. 14: The Bow Ties - Amnesia, SF
Oct. 15: Wildcat Mountain Ramblers - Sam's BBQ, San Jose
Oct. 15: Lula Wiles; Cahalen Morrison - Freight & Salvage, Berkeley
Oct. 16: Whiskey Brothers - Albatross Pub, Berkeley
Front Country -
- Oct. 16: Women's Club, Chico
- Oct. 17: Moe's Alley, Santa Cruz
- Oct. 18: Terrapin Crossroads, San Rafael
- Oct. 19: Palms Playhouse, Winters
Oct. 17: tba - Willowbrook Ale House, Petaluma
Oct. 17: Mill Creek Ramblers - Mission Pizza, Fremont
Kathy Kallick Band -
- Oct. 18: Folsom Opry House
- Oct. 19: Stow Lake Boathouse, Golden Gate Park, SF
- Oct. 20: Sebastopol Community Center
Oct. 19: Wendy Burch Steel & Redwood - The Back Room, Berkeley
Oct. 19: Footprints - Mission Pizza, Fremont
Oct. 20 (5:30 pm): Mountain Fire Bluegrass Band - Cato's Ale House, Oakland
Oct. 21: Windy Hill - Amnesia, SF
Oct. 22: The Mighty Crows - Sam's BBQ, San Jose
Oct. 23: Robin & Linda Williams - Freight & Salvage, Berkeley
Oct. 24: tba - Willowbrook Ale House, Petaluma
Oct. 24: Mill Creek Ramblers - Mission Pizza, Fremont
Oct. 26: Beargrass Creek - Mission Pizza, Fremont
Oct. 26: Goat Hill Girls - Los Gatos Coffee Roasting Company, LG
Oct. 27: Bernal Hillbillies - Lucky Horseshoe, SF
Oct. 28: Earl Brothers - Amnesia, SF
Oct. 29: Dark Hollow - Sam's BBQ, San Jose
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Concerts & Club Dates:
beyond
Nov. 1: Del McCoury Band - Freight & Salvage, Berkeley
Nov. 7-11:
California Banjo Extravaganza - Bill Evans, Gina Furtado & Leroy Troy with John Reischman, Sharon Gilchrist, Chad Mannin
g, &
Dale Adkins -
Winters, Berkeley, Sebastopol, & Los Gatos; workshops on Nov. 9 at the Freight
Nov. 9 (3-8 pm): KALW On-Air Folk Festival
Nov. 9: Wendy Burch Steel & Redwood - The Roxx on Main, Martinez
Nov. 9: AJ Lee & Blue Summit; Evie Ladin Band -
Hopmonk, Novato
Nov. 16: Footprints - Mission Pizza, Fremont
Nov. 17: Frank & Allie Lee; Evie Ladin Band - Back Room, Berkeley
Nov. 30: Laurie Lewis & the Right Hands - Freight & Salvage, Berkeley
Dec. 13: Peter Rowan & the Free Mexican Airforce featuring Los Texmaniacs - Freight & Salvage, Berkeley
Dec. 21: Footprints - Mission Pizza, Fremont
Jan. 25: Wendy Burch Steel & Redwood - The Back Room, Berkeley
Feb. 7: Rhiannon Giddens with Francesco Turrisi - Bing Concert Hall, Stanford
Feb. 13-16: Rhiannon Giddens with Francesco Turrisi - SFJAZZ
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Festivals
Wed/Sept. 18
8 pm: welcome party -
Niebyl Proctor Library, Oakland
Thur/Sept. 19
11 am: panel discussion w/ moderators Maria Sonevytsky & Ben Brinner
plus
Earl White,
Donna Ray Norton, &
Modock Rounders
-
Hertz Hall, UC Berkeley Campus;
followed by jamming with the panelists outside under the oak tree
1 pm: open jam - <
afternoon-jam@berkeleyoldtimemusic.org> for location (near Ashby BART)
3:30 pm: workshops at
Freight & Salvage, Berkeley - see WORKSHOPS below
5 pm: jam at the Freight hosted by
hosted by Jim & Amber Mueller
8 pm: concert at the Freight -
Jerron Paxton;
Thomas Maupin & Daniel Rothwell Band;
Crooked Jades
Fri/Sept. 20
1 pm: open jam - <afternoon-jam@berkeleyoldtimemusic.org> for location (near Ashby BART)
5 pm: jam at the Frei
ght
hosted by Mark Olson & Penny Critchlow
5:30 pm: square dance at downtown Berkeley BART plaza; music: Echo Mountain; caller: Sue Hulsether
6 pm: workshops at Freight & Salvage, Berkeley - see WORKSHOPS below
8 pm: concert at the Freight - Geoff Muldaur & Jim Kweskin with Suzy Thompson; Modock Rounders; Donna Ray Norton
Sat/Sept. 21
10:15 am: family concert at Berkeley Public Library Main Branch; w/ Morgan Cochneuer
11 am: Berkeley Farmers Market String Band Contest - Civic Center Park (Center St. near Milvia);
guest appearance by the
Manning Music Fiddlers
at
11 am, open
jamming led by Karen Celia Heil & Candy Goldman starting at noon
1 pm: children's fiddle workshop w/ Elise Engleberg - Freight & Salvage, Berkeley
3 pm: workshops at Freight & Salvage, Berkeley - see WORKSHOPS below
5 pm: callers workshop w/ Sue Hulsether - Ashkenaz, Berkeley
7:30 pm: flatfooting workshop w/ Thomas Maupin, Ruth Alpert, and Corey Posey - Ashkenaz, Berkeley
8 pm: square dance at Ashkenaz, Berkeley; music: Earl White Band, Modock Rounders, Squirrelly Stringband; callers: Sue Hulsether, Robin Fischer
8 pm: jamming in the back room at Ashkenaz, Berkeley; song circle w/ Donna Ray Norton; jam w/ Echo Mountain
Sun/Sept. 22
11 am: workshops at Freight & Salvage, Berkeley - see WORKSHOPS below
1 pm: workshops at Freight & Salvage, Berkeley - see WORKSHOPS below
1 pm: open jam - Ohlone Park, across from North Berkeley BART
3 pm: family square dance at Ashkenaz, Berkeley; music: Sydney Roberts & Friends; caller: Sue Hulsether; guest appearance: BOTMC Kid's Fiddle Band
Dry Branch Fire Squad; Sierra Hull; Buddy Miller, Dirk Powell
& Stuart Duncan; Hot Buttered Rum; Infamous Stringdusters; Emmylou Harris; Mandolin Orange; Tanya Tucker; ...
Rafe Stefanini; Hog-Eyed Man; Jim & Jamie Fox; The Todalo Shakers; The Horsenecks
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Jam Session
s & Camp Outs
- Sept. 7 (11:30 am): Dahlia Dell Picnic & Jam - Golden Gate Park, SF <ehlg@yahoo.com>
- Oct 14-20: CBA Fall Campout - Lodi Grape Festival & Harvest Fairgrounds
3-5 pm: open jam; 5-7 pm: invitational jam; hosted by Karen Wilhoyte
- First Sun. (2 pm): Skyline Pizza - 4400 Keller Ave., Oakland <hapengle@gmail.com>
- First Sunday (5 pm): Cleophus Quealy Beer Co., San Leandro
- First Sunday (8 pm):
Shoe Jam - invitational jam - Lucky Horseshoe, 453 Cortland Ave., SF
<ShoeBot@jambot.org>
* ON HIATUS *
- Second Sun. (4 pm): Shred Session - Starry Plough, Berkeley (old time)
Sept. 8: hosted by
Leslie Kier & friends
- Third Sunday (4:30 pm): "Full speed" jam - Community Living Center (Bldg 90), Veterans Affairs, 4951 Arroyo Rd., Livermore
<wes@spainscarolinabbq.com>
- 4th Sun. (1 pm):
Ocean View Park, Santa Cruz
<santacruzjam@googlegroups.com>
- Mondays: The Stork Club - 2330 Telegraph, Oakland
<joshjakus@gmail.com>
- Mondays: Taco Jam - invitational jam hosted by Tom Lucas - Baja Taqueria,
4070 Piedmont Ave. (@ 41st), Oakland <TacoBot@jambot.org>
- First Monday (6 pm): Bluegrass Pride jam - Amnesia, SF
- Second Monday: Armando's, 707 Marina Vista Ave., Martinez
- Second & Fourth Mondays (6 pm): The Pick Jam - Amnesia, 853 Valencia, SF
- Third Monday (6 pm): The Handsome Ladies Jam - Amnesia, SF
- First & Third Tuesdays: Winters Tavern, Pacifica
- First & Third Tuesdays: SUBUD Hall,
Sebastopol <
davidacarlson62@hotmail.com>
- First, Third, & Fifth Tuesdays: Coffee Shop, Safeway - Funston @ Irving, SF (old time); Dinah Stroe <dinahbeatrice@gmail.com>
- Wednesdays (6:30 pm): El Cerrito Music Works (upstairs), 11225 San Pablo, EC
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Wednesdays: Java Jam -
Los Gatos Coffee Roasting Company (invitational)
<steverosen@polarlight.com>
- First Wednesday: The Plough & Stars,
116 Clement (@ 2nd Ave.), SF; hosted by Jeanie & Chuck Poling (
bluegrass, old time, classic country)
- Second Wednesday: 47 Hills Brewing Company, South SF
- Fourth Wednesday: Armando's, 707 Marina Vista, Martinez
- Fourth Wednesday: Aqus Café, Petaluma
- Thursdays
:
Morgan Hill Grange
<rsimunic@hotmail.com>
- First, Third, & Fifth Thursdays: Niebyl-Proctor Marxist Library, 6501 Telegraph Ave., Oakland (old time)
- First & Third Thursdays:
Marin Bluegrass Jam
- Marin Lutheran Church, 649
Meadowsweet, Corte Madera
<emily@emilyriddell.com>
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Saturdays (noon):
Twin Oaks Roadhouse, Penngrove
- Firs & Third Saturdays:
Mission Pizza & Pub
, 1572 Washington Blvd., Fremont; hosted by the Mill Creek Ramblers
- Second Saturday (12 pm): Santa Clara Train Station, 1005 Railroad Ave., Santa
Clar
a
<kennedymk@comcast.net>
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Instruction
CLASSES
Next series of
classe
s at the Freight & Salvage begins the week of Sept. 9 and runs through the week of Oct. 14. Classes include:
Mondays -
Bluegrass Jam Class Level 1 w/ Dix Bruce
Bluegrass Jam Class Level 2 w/ Dix Bruce
Beginning Fiddle from the Ground Up w/ Erik Hoffman
Fiddle Tune Styles - Appalachia, French Canada, Ireland, ... w/ Erik Hoffman
Tuesdays -
Clawhammer Banjo for the Rank Beginner w/ Evie Ladin
Clawhammer Banjo Slow Repertoire w/ Evie Ladin
Bluegrass Harmony Singing w/ Avram Siegel
Thursdays -
Flatpicking Fundamentals w/ Richard Brandenburg
Expand Your Bluegrass & Country Repertoire w/ Richard Brandenburg
Other recently scheduled classes:
- Mondays: Bluegrass Jam w/ Sonia Shell - The Woodshed at Keith Holland Guitars, Los Gatos
- Mondays: Bluegrass Rhythm Guitar w/ Avram Siegel - Manning Music Studios, Berkeley
- Tuesdays: Bernal Jam Workshop w/ Richard Brandenburg - SF
- <richardericbrandenburg@gmail.com>
- Tuesdays & Wednesdays: Jack Tuttle's jam and instrument classes in Palo Alto
- Wednesdays & Thursdays: Bluegrass Jam, Fingerboard Fundamentals w/ Avram Siegel <avram@avramsiegel.com> in Berkeley
- Thursdays: Bluegrass Band w/ Sharon Gilchrist & Mike Witcher - Manning Music, Berkeley
- Sundays: Old Time Stringband Class - Lamorinda Music, Lafayette
Other instructors:
- Karen Celia Heil - old time fiddle classes in Berkeley <nerakk@gmail.com>
- Allegra Yellin - Carter Family Songs class, guitar classes <yallegra@hotmail.com>
WORKSHOPS
Sept. 19 (
3:30 pm):
- Guitar w/ Geoff Muldaur
- Old Time Banjo w/ Candy Goldman
Sept. 20 (6 pm):
- Old Time Fiddle w/ Casy Meikle
- Uncle Dave Macon Banjo w/ Daniel Rothwell
Sept. 21 (3 pm): Songs and Sources w/ Jim Kweskin
Sept. 22 (11 am):
- Old Time Fiddle w/ Earl White
- Old Time Singing w/ Cody Jordan
- Old Time Banjo w/ Kim Johnson
Sept. 22 (1 pm):
- Old Time Fiddle w/ Jesse Pearson
- Southern Appalachian Ballads w/ Donna Ray Norton
- Old Time 3-finger Banjo Picking w/
Jerron Paxton
MUSIC CAMPS
Instructors: Brother Mule members Ben Winship (bluegrass & beyond mandolin), Brian Wicklund (bluegrass fiddle), and Eric Thorin (bass), plus ... Jim Kweskin (fingerpicking guitar); Eric Thompson (flatpicking guitar); Suzy Thompson (string band blues);
Keith Yoder (bluegrass jam class);
Mike Witcher (dobro); Laurie Lewis & Tom Rozum (vocals); Sharon Gilchrist (bluegrass mandolin); Dave Keenan (bluegrass banjo); Molly Tenenbaum (old time banjo); David Bragger & Susan Platz (old time fiddle); Nina Gerber (guitar); Del Rey (ukulele)
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Square & Contra Dances
1st/3rd/5th Wed.: Christ Church Berkeley, 2138 Cedar, Berkeley
1st/3rd Sat.: St. Paul's Church, 43rd & Judah, SF
2nd/4th/5th Sat.: Palo Alto United Methodist Church
3rd Sun. (2:30 - 5 pm): First Unitarian Church, San Jose
1st Sun: Petaluma Woman's Club
2nd Sat.: Unitarian Universalist Church of Marin, San Rafael
3rd Fri.: Monroe Hall, Santa Rosa
4th Sat.: Wischemann Hall, Sebastopol
1st/3rd Fri.: North Oakland Square Dance -
Niebyl-Proctor Marxist Library, 6501 Telegraph Ave. (near Alcatraz), Oakland
1st Fri.: Squirrelly Stringband with caller Jordan Ruyle
3rd Fri.: revolving cast of bands and callers
2nd Sun.: Veterans Memorial Building, SC
4th Fri.: Live Oak Grange, SC
2nd Fri: Circle Left - First Unitarian Church of Oakland
4th Fri.: Alley Cat Books, 3036-24th St., SF
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Performance Venues & Organizations
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Bluegrass Signal broadcasts -- new shows on Fridays (6 pm), then rebroadcasts Mondays (11 pm) and Tuesdays (midnight), all times EASTERN -- are available HERE.
Bluegrass Country now has an
ARCHIVE PLAYER. Just pick the date and (Eastern) time of broadcast, and you can hear
Bluegrass Signal (or any of the other 33 shows on bluegrass country.org) at your convenience!
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Bluegrass Signal
PLAYLISTS
Theme (except as noted) -
JOHN REISCHMAN: Bluegrass Signal/Up In the Woods (Corvus/99; reissued 2018)
Thanks, John!!
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Bluegrass Signal website for the
July and
Aug. p
laylists.
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