Spectrum Bluegrass at The Greek Theatre (4/26/25) - photo © Robin Frenette Last weekend's Light Up the Blues 7 benefit concert for Autism Speaks featured a performance by Spectrum Bluegrass, a band that is part of the California Bluegrass Association's Autism
When several interested bluegrass lovers near San Francisco, CA started discussions in 1974 about founding a non-profit organization to promote the music in their state, I'm sure they hoped for big things. But one doubts that they could have imagined
Country Gongbang at the 2024 Father's Day Bluegrass Festival - photo © Robin Frenette Many thanks to the good people with the California Bluegrass Association and McGuckin Entertainment PR for sharing these fine photos from last month's big Father's Day Festival
The California Bluegrass Association, in keeping with their longstanding practice of building future bluegrass leaders through aggressive contemporary action, has announced a Leadership Training opportunity during this year's Father's Day Bluegrass Festival in Grass Valley, CA in June. CBA is offering
West coast grassers will have a chance to celebrate the 100th birthday of the great Earl Scruggs in a special tribute show on January 6 in Bakersfield, CA, produced by the California Bluegrass Association in partnership with the Guitar Masters
The California Bluegrass Association has launched a memorial fundraising drive for their vaunted youth programs in the name of the man who spearheaded those efforts more than three decades ago, Frank Solivan Sr. Frank Sr., who passed away about six weeks
Rhonda Vincent at the 2023 CBA Father's Day Festival - photo © Alan M Bond One of the longest running and most influential festivals out west is the annual California Bluegrass Association's Father's Day Festival, held this past 48 years in
When someone in the California Bluegrass Association(CBA) says Darby, we all know who they are talking about as she is part of a select group like Carl or Lauri who have instant first-name recognition. As former CBA President, Darby Brandli
CBA Bluegrass Breakdown editor/graphic designer, Jason and Gina Dilg Long-time readers of the California Bluegrass Association member's monthly newsletter, the Bluegrass Breakdown, noticed big changes during the pandemic including a smaller footprint with fewer columns with a professional-looking glossy print finish,
Co-founder of the California Bluegrass Association (CBA), Carl Pagter passed away on Tuesday, January 3, 2023, in Virginia. He was 89 years old. Carl Richard Pagter was born on February 13, 1934, in Baltimore, and helped to form the San
