“One morning, one morning, one morning in May” are words to a beautiful ballad recorded by the Country Gentlemen, among many others. May flowers are an annual promise that so…
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Oh they tell me of a place where no storm clouds rise! Oh they tell me of an uncloudy day! Hello, present and future bluegrass music fans! April is bringing…
‘Tis the season for renewed hopes of windows opening both figuratively and literally. The third U.S. sanctioned vaccine was announced this week and new cases of Covid are steadily declining….
Welcome February! Well, we ain’t at the end of the cloud of Covid yet, but we are sighting breaks in the clouds up ahead. First off, February marks the birthdays…
Happy New Year 2021. I don’t think anyone could have predicted this past year back at the 2020 New Years celebrations. To start on a bright note, last week WXRL…
Welcome December 2020! You are family, music, the excitement of children, the joy of giving and the hope of a better year in 2021. In Bluegrass, this December marks an…
“Route 104 along the shores of Lake Ontario. The peak of Autumn’s blaze is just a memory” are the opening words to the song “Thanksgiving,” written by Carl Eddy and…
Well, summer has slipped away and the colorful majesty of fall is upon us. The Country Gentlemen from the Washington DC area recorded the song “God’s Coloring Book” shortly after…
Hello to all of you fans and those of you who someday will be fans of Bluegrass music in the greater Buffalo area. July and August opened up some live…
Well, it’s been a heck of a spring and summer so far. Virtually every Bluegrass festival and music festival since March has been canceled. Countless gigs have been postponed and…