Tag Archives: festival
Nettle Honey: Wild Greens and the Old Path (MP3)
Here’s another band we heard and met at NW Folklife. Nettle Honey is an old-time quartet from Seattle, WA that plays equal parts classic standards and original compositions. Their sound is as pure as the Northwest rain that falls on … Continue reading
Filed under acoustic, banjo, female singer, festival, fiddle, male singer, old-time, singer-songwriter, traditional
Colleen Raney: Lark (MP3)
The dark and rainy Pacific Northwest continues to produce an endless stream of brilliant folk music, and it was on display everywere at the recent Northwest Folkife Festival. The seething mass of humanity that is NW Folkife was held recently … Continue reading
Filed under acoustic, Celtic, female singer, festival, flute, Irish, mandolin, Scottish, traditional
San Francisco Bluegrass & Old-Time Festival
The 11th annual San Francisco Bluegrass & Old-Time Festival (SFBOT), a nine-day festival occuring at various locations around the Bay Area, will happen February 12-21, 2010. Featuring some of the most talented musicians on the Americana and roots music scene … Continue reading
Pickathon Is Coming!
It’s time to start planning for Pickathon 2009, which happens this year on July 31—August 2 at Pendarvis Farm just outside Portland, Oregon. Fiddlefreak attended a couple years back and was deeply wowed by its unique combination of down-home folksy … Continue reading
Filed under acoustic, banjo, bluegrass, Canadian, festival, fiddle, male singer, mandolin, old-time, rock, singer-songwriter, traditional
