Vol. 35 No. 1 INSIDE THIS ISSUE! Jan Feb March Where are all the young folks?, Update on Chick’s Kids, Sound 2015 Advice and More.... $5.00 Oregon Bluegrass Association www.oregonbluegrass.org luegrass xpress B E by Claire Levine Where Have All the oung Folks Gon YThereare tons of talented youngsters -- but why don’t we see/hear them?e
Six friends spent a weekend together • About the lively, tight and talented in the Portland area. We interviewed to play music, eat, walk, play more bluegrass-style bands of young Aarun Carter, Jonathan Trawick, Liz music, eat more food, and chat about people performing in Oregon -- but Chibucos and Ken Chapple, all gigging the state of the world. (You know how that have no connection to the musicians who have their own take these weekends go.) Oregon Bluegrass Association or on what it means to be a member of a most of the musical community. festivals in the Northwest; Meet the musicians • About the Aarun won her first fiddle contest at bluegrass age four. In addition to her five state jam party championships from Colorado, she re- somebody ceived the 2011 National Young Adult was invited to, with a list of about 100 pickers -- none of whom he had
The Student Loan. Photo by Billy Cook Billycookphotography. ever heard of; What’s missing from that first para- • Whether the nature of the OBA graph is the fact that all of us are all and current festivals push young eligible for at least some type of senior people away; whether young discount. people simply don’t know or care about the conventional bluegrass One of us mused: “Where are all the community; or both; and younger musicians? Why don’t we see • them at festivals, either performing or Is this anything to care about? and attending?” if so . . . • What’s to be done? This prompted a conversation that brought together a number of To learn more, we started by talking thoughts and anecdotes: to some of the younger musicians Photo credit Sterling Imageworks February H y a t t R e g e n c y , B e l l e v u e W A 26 - March 1, 2015 Ò H o w C a n I K e e p F r o m S i n g i n g ? Ó w w w . w i n t e r g r a s s . c o m
Del McCoury (Fri) Della Mae (Sat) Aofi e O’Donovan (Sat/Sun) Mark O’Connor (Sun) Laurie Lewis & the Right Hands (Sat) Kathy Kallick & Laurie Lewis (Vern & Ray tribute) (Th/Fri) Matuto (Fri/Sat & special appearance on Sunday) Mr. Sun (Darol Anger, Joe Walsh, Grant Gordy, Ethan Jodziewicz) (Sat/Sun) Dale Ann Bradley (Sat/Sun) Don Julin & Billy Strings (Th/Sat) Dust Bowl Revival (Fri/Sat) Cahalen Morrison & Eli West (Th/Sat) I Draw Slow (Th/Fri) Sarah Jarosz (Sat/Sun) The Steel Wheels (Fri/Sat) The SteelDrivers (Fri/Sat) Jayme Stone & the Lomax Project (Th/Fri) Birds of Chicago (Sat/Sun) A d u l t E d u c a t i o n Blueberry Hill (Th/Sat) W i n t e r g r a s s I n t e n s i v e s Caleb Klauder Country Band (Fri/Sat) T h u r s d a y , F e b . 2 6 t h 9 a m - 4 p m G Burns Jug Band (Fri/Sat) V o c a l s w / A o i f e O Õ D o n o v a n &