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Tomorrow’s Online Bluegrass Tip: Nu-Blu, 7:00pm, FRI 3/20. Low cost, Sign Up before the show.

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NOW is the time for local bluegrass musicians who usually play live around Northern California to be listed in the new NCBS Directory for giving lessons to potential bluegrass students patiently sitting at home waiting for “Shelter-In-Place” to end. The Directory is listed in the index on the left side of the website.

Sign Up To Offer Lessons: <webmaster@ncbs.us>.

Fans will be able to support their favorite musicians and enjoy some fun lessons online by checking the directory and arrange for ONLINE LESSONS. The price will be between teacher and student. NCBS hopes this free service will help keep musicians in groceries and rent for the duration and provide some bluegrass for folks who are stuck at home. Thanks for your support!

Note: The Shelter-In-Place order is now statewide and has been extended from ending on April 7 to indefinite.

The Northern California Bluegrass Society has announced that it will soon launch a website directory of local bluegrass musicians who will offer online lessons for students during the “Shelter-In-Place” period, now set to run through April 7 in the SF Bay Area,

The Northern California Bluegrass Society is a longtime organizational member of the International Bluegrass Music Association. The IBMA has announced the 2020 Graduates of the Leadership Bluegrass Class, including several Bay Area bluegrass musicians:

Leadership Bluegrass 2020 graduates:

Jake Blount
Jake Blount / Tui / The Moose Whisperers
Washington, D.C.

David Brower
PineCone / WUNC
Carrboro, NC

Thomas Cassell
Circus No. 9
Johnson City, TN

Ethan Charles
International Bluegrass Music Association
Nashville, TN

Jennifer Danielson
Pandora
Nashville, TN

Worth Dixon
D’Addario & Company, Inc.
Farmingdale, NY

Rick Faris
Special Consensus
Topeka, KA

Rebecca Frazier
Rebecca Frazier and Hit & Run
Nashville, TN

Greg Garrison
Leftover Salmon / University of Colorado – Denver
Lakewood, CO

Dave Howard
Louisville Folk School
Louisville, KY

Fred Knittel
Smithsonian Folkways Recordings
Washington, D.C.

Marianne Kovatch
Blue Ridge Music Center
Winton-Salem, NC

Evie Ladin
Evie Ladin Band
Oakland, CA

Michelle Lee
WOBL / Bluegrass Borderline / Smoked Country Jam
Sheffield Lake, OH

Ed Leonard
Billy Blue Records
Hendersonville, TN

Ned Luberecki
Becky Buller Band / SiriusXM
Nashville, TN

Didier Philippe
La Roche Bluegrass Festival
Etaux, France

Lauren Price Napier
The Price Sisters
Hyden, KY

Angela Sommers Rees
Dorrigo Folk & Bluegrass Festival
Dorrigo, NSW, Australia

Brian Swenk
Big Daddy Love / Midwood Entertainment
Glen Allen, VA

Abi Tapia
Country Music Hall of Fame & Museum
Nashville, TN

Suzy Thompson
Berkeley Old Time Music Convention
Berkeley, CA

Amanda Thompson
Frankfort Bluegrass Festival
Mokena, IL

Roxanne Tromly
Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame & Museum / ROMP Fest
Owensboro, KY

Natalya Zoe Weinstein
Zoe & Cloyd / Warren Wilson College
Fairview, NC

Benjamin Wright
Henhouse Prowlers / Bluegrass Ambassadors
Chicago, IL

Congratulations to this year’s graduates! NCBS Members are encouraged to apply for the 2021 class. For more information, contact NCBS President Michael Hall or other Leadership Bluegrass alumni.

You can make a donation to support the work of the Northern California Bluegrass Society, which supports bluegrass music in the San Francisco Bay Area, the Monterey Bay Area, and all of Northern California.

The Society is a California Not-For-Profit Corporation with Internal Revenue Code Section 501(c)(3) status that is also known as the Santa Cruz Bluegrass Society. The NCBS/SCBS Tax ID No. is 94-2907716.

NCBS Online Donations

Mail-In Donations: NCBS/SCBS, PO Box 390846, Mountain View, CA 94039-0846.

The Northern California Bluegrass Society supports bluegrass music in the San Francisco Bay Area, the Monterey Bay Area, and all of Northern California.

The Society is a California Not-For-Profit Corporation with Internal Revenue Code Section 501(c)(3) status that is also known as the Santa Cruz Bluegrass Society. The NCBS/SCBS Tax ID No. is 94-2907716.

You can make a donation to support the work of the Society:

NCBS Online Donations

Mail-In Donations: NCBS/SCBS, PO Box 390846, Mountain View, CA 94039-0846.

The Northern California Bluegrass Society can be a part of your year-end tax planning as it accepts donations to support Local Bluegrass Music in the San Francisco Bay Area, the Monterey Bay Area, and all of Northern California. The Society is a California Not-For-Profit Corporation with Internal Revenue Code Section 501(c)(3) status that is also known as the Santa Cruz Bluegrass Society. The NCBS/SCBS Tax ID No. is 94-2907716.

NCBS Online Donations

Mail-In Donations: NCBS/SCBS, PO Box 390846, Mountain View, CA 94039-0846.