Grass Valley a Blast!

Wow, the CBA’s Father’s Day Festival turned out great this year! Natural Drift guest Deke Deitrich provided a highlight to their set, throwing down his walking cane to boogie down to some swingy tunes, and RoseBud Blue knocked ‘em out on Vern’s stage saturday night (check out this video from their show!). Mt. Diablo old-timed […]

Pleasant Valley Music Signs Natural Drift

Good news! Placerville’s own Natural Drift has signed with Pleasant Valley Music and their new recording, She Planted the Evidence On Me, has JUST come out on Squirty Records! Of course, PVM’s good buddy George Goodell plays banjo with the ‘Drifters’, and the good folks in the group have been friends with us for years. […]

Still Reeling from ROMP

Surfed by the International Bluegrass Music Museum webpage today and found this lovely piece. Turns out the good folks there at the IBMM have dedicated this year’s ROMP festival to ole Jakey. Check out these screenshots from their page:

Motivated Diablos

Hi folks,
Well, some nice news for today. Pleasant Valley Music old-time artist Mt. Diablo String Band is now a Squirty Records recording artist! Yesterday we had a visit from the band, consisting of ‘Meistro’ Harry Liedstrand (fiddle), Carl Pagter (banjo), Harry’s wife Cindy (guitar) and son Terrell (mandolin), Carl’s son Corbin (mandolin), and PVM’s […]