Author: Dave Berry

Jack Tuttle has been a huge part of the California bluegrass scene for as long as most of us can remember, and has deservedly garnered more attention as his now-famous students have matured and moved on to arguably greener pastures.

The Burnett Sisters at the 2025 Cowichan Valley Bluegrass Festival - photo © Dave Berry The Cowichan Valley Bluegrass Festival is billed as British Columbia's Premier Bluegrass Music Festival and it's hard to disagree given the wealth of talent, abundance of

Big MonDay Allstars at the Vancouver Co-op Radio benefit (5/5/25) - photo © Mary Ann Goldstein A sold-out benefit concert for Vancouver Co-op Radio CFRO, celebrating 50 years of public radio, sponsored by their In The Pines program and the Pacific

Megan Lynch Chowning - photo © Alex Steed Megan Lynch Chowning is a Nashville-based California native known for her excellent bluegrass and Texas-style fiddle lessons. She cut her teeth as a contest fiddler, and is a seven-time national fiddle champion who

Sierra Ferrell crashes a square dance in LA after the Grammys (2/4/25) - photo © Robin Frenette As a writer, I sometimes get unsolicited pitches for stories that are generally a mixed bag, but the following piece from an anonymous source

Berkeley-based Rowan McCallister, who might be described as an old soul, has been playing this music for a long time, seemingly longer than his relatively young age. He plays many instruments in multiple bands across a wide variety of styles.

Ian Ly is the 2023 National Flatpick Guitar Champion who plays with the Crying Uncle Bluegrass Band. He grew up in Santa Cruz, CA, has studied with Steve Palazzo and Jake Workman, and is currently studying Visual Communications Design at

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