http://pleasantvalleymusic.com Your Acoustic Music Haven Tue, 24 Jun 2008 07:16:38 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en 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 ... http://pleasantvalleymusic.com/archives/112 Pleasant Valley Music is truly proud to announce that no less than THREE of its artists were chosen to perform this year at the coveted and prestigious California Bluegrass Association’s Father’s Day Bluegrass Festival in Grass Valley, California on the weekend of June 14-15, 2008. Musical groups from all over ... http://pleasantvalleymusic.com/archives/78 RoseBud Blue's "Depending on the Glass" is now available for advanced purchase in our store. We're aweful proud of this one. "Get your copy", as they say ... http://pleasantvalleymusic.com/archives/109 Hey, wait a minute! Somewhere in the midst of all the 'mayhem' here at Squirty Records, we found time to finish recording Mt. Diablo String Band's first effort; in two days! (First entry about the first day of recording is below.) In fact, this blog is being written literally as ... http://pleasantvalleymusic.com/archives/100 We spent the last couple of days up in beautiful (and cold!) Oregon recording "Depending" fiddler Mike Eisler. Mike, as well as Ed Neff (see previous blog entry) are important figures in West Coast Bluegrass, Ed having played with California's 'heavy hitters' such as High Country, True Blue, Vern Williams ... http://pleasantvalleymusic.com/archives/98 Pleasant Valley artist RoseBud Blue has hit the final stages of production of their forthcoming recording "Depending on the Glass". Ed "The Legend" Neff just spent a day at the studio recording fiddle melodies. Boy we had a blast! Here's Ed "working on his double stops" ;) [youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ve09_yZrwSM] RBB is hoping to ... http://pleasantvalleymusic.com/archives/97 [youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QvVKFU4V3v4] Pleasant Valley Music's Matt Dudman will be performing with super-songwriter and singer Richard Brandenburg in an opening slot at the famous Freight and Salvage Coffeehouse in Berkeley, CA on March 22. Above is a clip of the two promoting the show on KPFA last Sunday. http://pleasantvalleymusic.com/archives/93 Well, you may have seen earlier in this blog that Matt has been asked to produce Rick Harris' forthcoming gospel recording. Besides being handsome and charming, Rick is really a down-to-earth good guy, and a world-class, born entertainer. Matt has been sitting in with his band on bass and mandolin ... http://pleasantvalleymusic.com/archives/81 On February 16, 2008 the late Pleasant Valley Artist MacRae Brothers’ Jake Quesenberry will be awarded a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Northern California Bluegrass Society at the innaugural Bluegrass On Broadway festival held in Redwood City, CA. Slated to present the award is Jake’s late-life singing partner, and ... http://pleasantvalleymusic.com/archives/75 Pleasant Valley Music buddy Dennis Satterlee's long awaited book on Red Allen is finally out.  And, whaddya know?, he's given Pleasant Valley Music exclusive distribution in the west!  If you'd like a copy, you can get it here.  Just call, write, or drop by Pleasant Valley Music, (530) 400-3872, Info@PleasantValleyMusic.com, ... http://pleasantvalleymusic.com/archives/70