2010 Musical Gift Ideas
'Tis the season to be jolly! It is that time of year for gift giving, and here is our usual offering of ideas – CDs from (mostly) local artists, DVDs, music festival tickets, books, and musical instruments. In some cases links have been provided, and in others you will have to seek out info on your own. For the musicians, go to their websites and, where possible, buy direct from them, thereby cutting out the Amazonian middle-dude. Also check out the gift idea links from 2008 and 2009 listed at the bottom.
CDs:
Northern California
Dr. Elmo Bluegrass Christmas; Dave Earl Unplugged:Acoustic Blues From San Francisco; Kathy Kallick Band Between the Hollow and the High-Rise; The Peter Rowan Bluegrass Band Legacy; Jody Stecher & Kate Brislin Return; Doug Blumer Sounds Like This; Maria Muldaur Christmas at the Oasis and Barnyard Dance - Jug Band Music For Kids; Kevin Russell Pilgrim and There Ain't Nobody Home But Me; Doug Adamz Bernardo’s Seranade; Purvis and The Stray Dogs Rock the Dog Park; OMGG Obviously Minor Guys and a Girl; Oak Grove Oak Grove; Dalton Mountain Gang The Dalton Mountain Gang; 49 Special 49 Special; Francesca Nagel Everything Must Change; The Earl Brothers The Earl Brothers; The Wronglers Jamming For Faint Praise; The Tuttles with A.J. Lee Introducing...; The Knuckle Knockers The Knuckle Knockers; Luke Abbott Take Me Home; Kitchen Help Kitchen Help; Tamara Little Coming Up for Air; Ragtime Skedaddlers Ragtime Skedaddlers; Suzy Thompson & Del Ray Hen Party; Whisky Richards No. 1; Brothers Comatose Songs from the Stoop; Good Luck Thrift Store Outfit The Ghost of Good Manners; Misisipi Mike Wolf The Cold Hard Facts of Mike; Mark Hummel Back Porch Music: Hummel Unplugged; Evie Laden Float Downstream; Dan Hicks Crazy for Christmas; Jerry Garcia Acoustic Band Ragged But Right.
DVDs:
East Bay bluegrass guitarist Jim Nunally has a new instructional DVD out titled The Art of Rhythm Guitar - Volume #2 - Walks and Runs. It is a follow-up companion to his previous Strums DVD. Sonoma County guitarist Adam Traum has a second DVD out titled Learn Blues Guitar with a Flatpick, DVD 2 on Homespun Music Instruction.
Festival tickets:
Sonoma Country Bluegrass Festival March 14th; CBA Father’s Day Festival June 16th-19th; Strawberry Music Festival on Memorial and Labor Day weekends.
Books:
Composed by Rosanne Cash; Blind But Now I See: The Biography of Music Legend Doc Watson by Kent Gustavson; Still Inside: The Tony Rice Story by Tim Stafford and Caroline Wright; Life by Keith Richards; Smartass: The Music Journalism of Joel Selvin by Joel Selvin; When Giants Walked The Earth: A Biography of Led Zeppelin by Mick Wall; The Replacements: It’s All Over But The Shouting by Jim Walsh.
Musical instruments and records:
Amazing Grace Music in San Anselmo, Schoenberg Guitars in Tiburon, 5th String in Berkeley, People’s Music in Sebastopol, The Last Record Store in Santa Rosa, Music Works in El Cerrito, Gryphon Stringed Instruments in Palo Alto.
Organization Memberships:
California Bluegrass Association, The Northern California Bluegrass Society.
Go here for 2009 holiday gift ideas.
Go here for 2008 holiday gift ideas.