Author: Dave Berry

Sue Malcolm at her Hall of Fame induction ceremony - photo © Dave Webber Sue Malcom of Vancouver, BC was recently inducted by the Bluegrass Music Association of Canada (BMAC) into the Canadian Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame. The folks at

Molly Tuttle at Hardly Strictly Bluegrass 2024 - photo © Dave Berry Another year has come and gone for the now 24-year-old free music festival in San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park known as Hardly Strictly Bluegrass (HSB). It all started as

Multi-genre Portland-based fiddler and instructor Annie Staninec is a California native and part of the first-generation California Bluegrass Association youth movement. She was an IBMA Momentum Instrumentalist of the Year, won Fiddle Player of the Year awards from the Northern California

Joy Louise performing at the 2024 Good Old Fashioned Bluegrass Festival - photo © Joanne Ledesma It's no secret that California has some seriously talented and highly popular acts touring the country and world these days, and mostly they grew up

Southern California virtuoso harmonica player, teacher, composer, and session player David Naiditch has been part of the Los Angeles music scene for many years. His website bio says he  "was tutored on the diatonic harmonica by the legendary blues icon,

Amy Kassir is a fiddler and singer from Durham, NC, whose keen melodic sense and dazzling facility on her instrument shine from the sweetest of waltzes to blazing breakdowns. She plays in several Northern California-based bands and talks about that

Matt Michienzie - photo © Robin Frenette Matt Michienzie is a Boston Boy, transplanted to sunny Southern California. Matt is a songwriter, guitarist, mandolinist, and sometimes fiddle player who on his website describes his music as "countrified, bluesified, and grassified." He

Sully Tuttle at Siesta Valley Strings & Things (7/31/22) - photo © Mary Ann Goldstein Sullivan (Sully) Tuttle, known for his ferocious guitar playing in the exciting national touring band, AJ Lee and Blue Summit, is a member of the Tuttle

Willow California fiddler, Mikki Feeney is no stranger to the Northern California camp and jam scene. I first came across Mikki wandering the grounds of the California Bluegrass Association Spring Campout at the Lodi Grape Festival Fairgrounds. This year the

Laurie Lewis at Wintergrass 2024 - photo © Dave Berry Here is another gallery of Dave Berry's photos from last weekend's Wintergrass festival in Bellevue, WA.