Monday, April 26, 2021

Geography Div (What's in a name subsection)

 It's amazing just how many State name aren't derived from Native American words.



Saturday, April 24, 2021

A Little Saturday Nite Bluegrass Div (Crypto Currency subsection)

I'm not sure just what this bitcoin stuff is, and I'm not sure I want to know!
Anyhow, here's Cole Quest and the City Pickers (animated) doing Bitcoin Gambler.


Cole Quest Rotante - Dobro / Harmony Vocals, Christian Apuzzo - Guitar / Vocals, Matheus Verardino - Harmonica, Mike Mulhollan - Banjo and Larry Cook - Bass

Monday, April 19, 2021

Geography Div (Divisiveness subsection)

 Not even Canadians agree on everything !

Scroll left-Right, up-down.



Saturday, April 17, 2021

A Little Saturday Nite Bluegrass div

New video from Beck Buller; Don't Look Back, from her latest album Distance and Time.


Becky Buller (Vocals/Fiddle), Dan Boner (Vocals/Guitar), Nate Lee (Vocals/Mandolin), Ned Luberecki (Banjo), and Daniel Hardin (Upright Bass).

Monday, April 12, 2021

Saturday, April 10, 2021

A Little Saturday Nite Bluegrass

Sixteen year-old Daisy Caire doing Remy's Breakdown. 
What caught my eye was the grandson's name !! (and he's much cuter than the goat!)


She is supported on this track by Laurie Lewis on bass, Brandon Godman on fiddle, and Rainy Miatke on mandolin. This tune had won 2nd place in the Mike Auldridge Instrumental Composition Contest in 2019 – when she was 14.

Monday, April 5, 2021

Saturday, April 3, 2021

A Little Saturday Nite Bluegrass (Basque subsection)

I keep sayung how amazed I am by the spread and popularity of Bluegrass music throughout the world; often combined with local twists. Here's Howdy Bluegrass doing Titi's Breakdown.


Gorka Arranz on guitar and main vocal, Julen Maestro on diatonic accordion, Jon Arzelus on double bass, Jose Mari Pulido on banjo, and Urbil Artola on reso-guitar

Thursday, April 1, 2021

Special to the Geography Div (Home run subsection)

Today is baseball's opening day. Here's an interesting bit of trivia: