Compass Bluegrass News Today

Often resembling a real-life musical snow globe in the California’s high Sierra, the eighth annual WinterWonderGrass-Tahoe, April 5 to 7, brought a hardy bunch of musicians – and resilient attendees – to Palisades Tahoe ski resort, in the midst of the Olympic Village that hosted the 1960 Winter Olympics.

Broken Compass Bluegrass will be bringing contemporary bluegrass revival to the Winters Opera House.

The Nevada Appeal, the Silver States oldest continuously run newspaper, first published on May 16, 1865.

NorCal bluegrass jammers Hot Buttered Rum (HBR) and members of San Francisco’s ALO headlined their annual family-oriented fest in the Mendocino County redwoods last weekend.

Wild for the Yuba is SYRCL’s party for the river. This year’s Wild for the Yuba also commemorates SYRCL’s 40th Anniversary.

Elle King at Harrah’s Lake Tahoe  Harrah’s Lake Tahoe will be hosting Elle King at 8 p.m. Friday, March 17, in the South Shore Room with special guests Red Clay Strays.  General admission tickets are...

Tahoe must feel like home turf for burgeoning bluegrass player Kyle Ledson, whose roots are from Incline Village and this summer the Chico State student has played mandolin and guitar around various venues around Lake Tahoe with his band Broken Compass Bluegrass. He also had an unforgettable solo appearance at the Crystal Bay Casino, opening for -- and later jamming with -- the Hawaiian ukulele band Kanekoa.