The Kleptograss Power Trio, featuring Eric Thompson (guitar, mandolin, cuatro, banjo), Alan Senauke (guitar, mandolin) & John Haynes (percussion), will be performing at a Santa Cruz House Concert on Sunday, February 20, 2011, at 7:30pm. Acoustic picking and singing from sources around the world, including mountain music from Appalachia and Puerto Rico, blues from the…
Mokai Live on Backroads this Sunday
By Folk Department | Published February 19th, 2011Hear Mokai live on KZSC during our folk show Backroads this Sunday 2/20/11 between noon and 2pm, for a sample of what to expect at the first songwriter night of the year in Corralitos later that day. “An Evening of Songs and Stories” starts at the family-friendly time of 6:00pm at the Corralitos Cultural Center…
The Crooked Jades & Water Tower Bucket Boys
By Folk Department | Published February 16th, 2011The Crooked Jades (SF Bay Area) and The Water Tower Bucket Boys (Portland, OR) will be in concert Thursday, February 17, 2011 at Don Quixote’s, 6275 Highway 9, Felton, CA., starting at 7:30pm, (831) 603-2294. Both bands play a blend of bluegrass, country, and old-time string band music, with fresh interpretations of older classics as…
Dry Branch Fire Squad
By Folk Department | Published February 14th, 2011The Dry Branch Fire Squad is a veteran bluegrass band founded in 1976, led by mandolin player and master of dry wit, Ron Thomason. Other current members include Brian Aldridge on guitar, Tom Boyd on banjo, and Dan Russell on bass. Their latest of a dozen releases over the decades demonstrates they’ve only gotten better…
Nell Robinson with John Reischman & The Jaybirds
By Folk Department | Published February 12th, 2011Bluegrass on Valentine’s Day? No lack of love songs there…the Bay Area’s rising star Nell Robinson joins veteran bluegrassers and multiple Canadian Folk Music Award winners John Reischman and the Jaybirds for an evening of tight harmonies and virtuoso picking Monday, February 14, 2011, at Don Quixote’s, 6275 Highway 9, Felton, CA, starting at 7:30pm….
The Bee Eaters
By Folk Department | Published February 12th, 2011The Bee Eaters will be in concert Saturday, February 12, 2011 at 8pm at New St. John’s Episcopal Church, 125 Canterbury Dr., Aptos, CA. They’re a quartet playing new acoustic music drawn from bluegrass, old-time string band, Celtic, jazz and pop influences, featuring hammered dulcimer virtuoso Simon Chrisman, banjo player Wes Corbett, and the sibling…