Category: Radio

Note: This program will be Online Only <www.kkup.org>. Due to a power outage caused by bad weather at the transmitter site, the broadcast station is temporarily off the air.  

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Ray Edlund, the retiring dean of the Bay Area’s bluegrass broadcasters, will be interviewed by NCBS president Michael Hall and program host Mike Russell on Monday Night Bluegrass, 6:00-9:00pm on December 13, 2021. The program will be on KKUP Radio, 91.5FM in the South Bay and the Monterey Bay Areas, and everywhere at <www.kkup.org>.

Edlund is ending his long-running “Pig In A Pen” program on KPFA Radio (Berkeley) on December 19. He is a regular attendee and emcee at the NCBS Good Old Fashioned Bluegrass Festival and has been honored with a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Northern California Bluegrass Society. He ran the CBA Father’s Day Bluegrass Festival in its early days.

After over a year off, Live Bluegrass Music will return to the KKUP Radio airwaves on Monday Night Bluegrass, 6:00-9:00pm on June 28, 2021. Mike Russell is the longtime program host. He will be joined by live music emcee Michael Hall.

KKUP is at 91.5FM in the South Bay and Monterey Bay areas, and online at <www.kkup.org>.

Eric Burman & The Brookdale Bluegrass Band will play live in the studio. During the show, there will be complete information about two upcoming live, in-person bluegrass events at the San Benito County Historical Park in Tres Pinos:

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Saturday, July 10 — The NCBS Gathering, FREE with jamming, picnicking, and bluegrass bands onstage. This is a chance to hang out with friends you haven’t seen in a while — and play some music together (or just listen). No more streaming — this is the real thing! Presented by the Northern California Bluegrass Society.

Friday-Sunday, August 13-15 — The Brookdale Bluegrass Festival, usually held in April, will be held in August this year (only). The real thing is back: camping, jamming, and plenty of great stage music. Presented by Brookdale Bluegrass and welcomed by NCBS.

This will be a fun evening of bluegrass radio. Tune In and Turn On!

The 2020 Northern California Bluegrass & Old Time Music Calendar is still available to supporters of KALW, the San Francisco public radio station funded by its listeners and home of Bluegrass Signal since 2005.

Printed on heavy card stock, the calendar includes the birthdays and (mostly color) images of some 200 Northern California musicians … 2020 dates for all the west coast festivals, music camps, and special events … and many dates of historical significance. Key Northern California Bluegrass Society events are included.

It’s been called “a valuable addition for any bluegrass or old time fan,” especially those involved with the scene in our region.

If you write Peter Thompson <bgsignal@comcast.net> and pledge $50 (or more) over the next year to KALW, he’ll mail you a 2020 Northern California Bluegrass & Old Time Music Calendar … along with his thanks for your contribution to local public radio via Bluegrass Signal.

Peter Thompson, the longtime host of the Saturday evening Bluegrass Signal radio show on the station, has published a beautiful and comprehensive 2020 Calendar of current and historical bluegrass dates. The calendar includes all the Northern California Bluegrass Society information as well as many other key area bluegrass dates.

The new calendar is available only to donors who support bluegrass music on KALW Radio. The calendar was available as a premium during the recent fall pledge drive for the station. However, Peter has announced that he will send the calendar to interested donors who contact him directly by October 31.  Peter Thompson <bgsignal@comcast.net>. The minimum donation to get the calendar is only $50.