Notable upcoming event: The Second Annual San Francisco Bluegrass & Old-Time Festival takes place now through Feb 12, 2001 with daily events in venues in San Francisco, Berkeley, and Mill Valley. Performers include Ralph Stanley & The Clinch Mountain Boys, The Harmony Grits, The Any Old Time String Band, The Kathy Kallick Band, The Laurel Canyon Ramblers with David Grisman, a series of movies on Appalachian Music and Culture, and more. See their website for a complete calendar of events at www.sfbluegrass.org.
Artist - Cut (Album) Label
Matt Flinner - Latitude (Latitude) Compass 7 4301 2
Lou Reid & Carolina - I Stood & Watched You (Blue Heartache) Rebel REB-CD-1762
The Grasshoppers - Set Me Free (The Grasshoppers) Doobie Shea DS-CD-4004
Lynwood Lunsford & The Misty Valley Boys - I Just Can't Believe (A Portrait of the Blues) Hay Holler HH-CD-1355
The Whites - Keep on the Sunny Side (O Brother, Where Art Thou?) Mercury 088 170-069-2
Todd Hallawell - Flat Foot Floogee (Before My Time) Soundset SR 1012
Rhonda Vincent - Where No Cabins Fall (Back Home Again) Rounder 0460
Evo Bluestein - You Are My Flower; Sweet Corinna Blues (Evoharp) Doghill Cd 3110
Morgan Sexton - Groundhog (Echoes from the Mountainside) June Appal JA 0070 CD
Tommy Jarrell - Train on the Island (The Legacy of Tommy Jarrell v. 4: Pickin' on Tommy's Porch) County CO-CD-2727
Walt Koken - Money Train Blues (Finger Lakes Ramble) Mudthumper Music MM-0070CD
Ginny Hawker & Tracy Schwarz - Precious Jewel (Good Songs for Hard Times) Copper Creek CCCD-0183
Hank Bradley & Cathie Whitesides - Kitty Alone/Batrineasa (The American Fogies, v. 2) Rounder CD 0389
Kapaleye - In Honor of David (The American Fogies, v. 2) Rounder CD 0389
Owen (Snake) Chapman - Going Down to Maysville (Up in Chapman's Hollow) Rounder CD 0378
Ralph Blizard & The New Southern Ramblers - The Train That Carried My Girl From Town (Southern Ramble) Rounder CD 0352
Andrew & Jim Baxter - G Rag (String Bands 1926-1929) Document DOCD-5167
Rayna Gellert and Frank Lee stopped in for a visit and performed a few old-time tunes and songs live. They will be in concert Tues, Feb 4, 2001 at 8pm at Henfling's Tavern [www.henflings.com], 9450 Highway 9, Ben Lomond (831/335-1642). See Rayna & Frank's picture [www.kusp.org/gallery/index3.html].
Rayna Gellert - Great Big Taters in the Sandy Land (Ways of the World) Yodel-Ay-Hee 032
The Crooked Jades - Angel of Mercy (The Unfortunate Rake v. 1) Crooked 003
Juanita Moore with Lee Moore - Man of Constant Sorrow (WPAQ: The Voice of the Blue Ridge Mountains) Rounder CD 0404
Pate & Leroy Martin - Honeysuckle Blues (WPAQ: The Voice of the Blue Ridge Mountains) Rounder CD 0404
The Johnson Brothers & Ray Myers - A Mansion Will be Mine (WPAQ: The Voice of the Blue Ridge Mountains) Rounder CD 0404
The Horseflies - Pretty Little Girl (In the Dance Tent) Live & Kickin LNK004
Tony Trischka & Beppe Gambetta - Black Mountain Rag (Alone & Together) Alcazar 118. Appearance alert: Tony Trischka will be doing a banjo workshop for all levels of players at Sylvan Music, 1521 Mission St., Santa Cruz from 6:30-9:30pm. Call (831)427-1917 to register. Tony will also be in concert Thursday, Feb 8, 2001 at 8pm at Henfling's Tavern [www.henflings.com] in Ben Lomond (831/335-1642).