John Santa

Bluegrass musician and author John Santa is once again organizing a series of Marathon Jams to benefit Fisher House in 2010. Last year, they held their event on January 31 and pickings were hosted in 7 US cities, and at

Here is another report on the Marathon jams held on January 31 to raise money for Fisher House, an organization that provides housing for families of wounded American servicemen and women receiving treatment at military hospitals. This contribution comes from

We told you a few weeks ago about the Marathon Jam scheduled for January 31 to benefit Fisher House, an organization that provides housing for families of wounded American servicemen and women receiving treatment at military hospitals. The jam was scheduled

John Santa, whose book, Bluegrass Is My Second Language, has been popular with many of our readers, is involved in a special event later this month that has grown into something many Bluegrass Blog regulars may want to support. For the

Since we first posted about Bluegrass Is My Second Language - A Year In The Life Of An Accidental Bluegrass Musician, the new book by John Santa, we've heard from readers who have been deeply touched by its story. Well, John

In an interesting twist of fate, we found a connection between two recent stories that had run on Bluegrass Today earlier this month. Faithful readers will recall the story from May 7 about North Carolina mandolinist John Santa and his new

John Santa is a songwriter, audio technician and sound designer in Chapel Hill, NC. He is also a newly-minted bluegrass picker, playing mandolin with the EightTwentythree band, a passion he developed after many years playing rock and blues music. His discovery