Friday, February 24, 2012

Check out the brand new page on the site. 

TUNE OF THE WEEK

Every week we are going to be putting up videos to teach a new fiddle tune that someone could perhaps call out at a future jam. One video will be Andrew and Bryan playing the song normal speed, then another video of the melody being played slower. We hope this will help people build up a larger list of instrumental tunes to play.

This week we started with two songs. Ashland Breakdown and New Chance Blues.

Check them out  in the Tune of the Week section.

Enjoy!

Monday, February 20, 2012

Last Night's Bluegrass Jam

We had a lot of fun at the first DSM Bluegrass Jam and we were happy to see some old friends and meet some new ones!  Throughout the night there were 11-12 musicians that played and many spectators. Thanks everyone who came out to support our growing bluegrass community.  We're looking forward to the next jam at Mars Cafe on March 4th.

We have some photos and videos posted on the Des Moines Bluegrass Facebook page... https://www.facebook.com/pages/Des-Moines-Bluegrass/342580992436476


Here's one of the videos taken by Cathy Prince.  

Sunday, February 19, 2012

TONIGHT TONIGHT

     The day has finally come, the first Des Moines Bluegrass Jam is hours away. I hope people are home re-stringing and warming up the vocal chords, cause we are ready to play some songs.
   
     Andrew and Bryan will be on the radio for a bit this after noon to talk more about the jam and maybe some up coming plans for us here and Des Moines Bluegrass. Feel free to listen and KFMG 99.1 in the Des Moines area, or KFMG991.org for outside the Des Moines area.

     Hope to see you all tonight, no matter if you are playing or just watching!!!