Category Archives: HA’pennings

The BBU Is Back at the Sheraton!

Posted on January 29, 2024 by cousinlynn953

I have been remiss in not headlining the BBU’s return to the Sheraton in Framingham. Not, unfortunately, for the long-lost Joe Val Bluegrass Festival—the last one was in February, 2020, when the CCP Virus alarms were just sounding. We were … Continue reading →

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Time for the Christmas Extravaganza—from 1989!

Posted on December 16, 2022 by cousinlynn953

REMEMBER PART 2, SATURDAY THE 24TH AT 9AM! ANOTHER ARCHIVAL HILLBILLY AT HARVARD By 1989 the Christmas Extravaganza was an established tradition for Hillbilly at Harvard, featuring “four hours of the very best, and the very worst, of country Christmas … Continue reading →

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Jenny Brook Lives!

Posted on September 13, 2021 by cousinlynn953

Just received this email from Candi Sawyer: We had to cancel the Jenny Brook Bluegrass Festival two years in a row due to the pandemic so we are thrilled to be able to present the Jenny Brook MiniFest October 8-10, … Continue reading →

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No Joe Val Festival This Year, but the BBU Has a Substitute

Posted on February 12, 2021 by cousinlynn953

Last Presidents’ Day Weekend (2020) in mid-February, the annual Joe Val Festival went off without a hitch. See HERE for lots of photos I took, along with some (relatively spare) commentary. Now here we are back in February, and no … Continue reading →

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Coming Up: The Joe Val Festival for 2020!

Posted on February 6, 2020 by cousinlynn953

Just realized I hadn’t previewed The Joe Val Bluegrass Festival, February 14th, 15th, and 16th, my favorite—and only partly because it’s right in my backyard.  Well, almost; we’re on the river in Saxonville, but only about 10 minutes drive west … Continue reading →

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Tony Watt Launches JamVember

Posted on November 1, 2018 by cousinlynn953

It’s at the Sheraton in Framingham, it’s taking over a good portion (but not all) of the hotel for a weekend, but it’s not a festival.  So what is it? It’s JamVember, a “Boston’s bluegrass Jamming non-festival.”  The neologism is … Continue reading →

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Becky Buller Live on January 20th!

Posted on January 19, 2018 by cousinlynn953

That’s right, fiddler and singer Becky Buller and her hot-pickin’ band will be at the former National Heritage Museum (now the unmemorably-named Scottish Rite Masonic Museum & Library) this Saturday, January 20th, sponsored of course by the Boston Bluegrass Union.  … Continue reading →

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HA’ppenings: Del Resurrects Woody!

Posted on June 28, 2016 by cousinlynn953

Woody Guthrie reportedly left some 3,000 manuscript songs behind, most if not all lyrics without a hint of melody.  Back in the ’30s and ’40s there were no smart phones, tape recorders, and precious few wire recorders.  Radio stations had … Continue reading →

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HA’ppenings: Claire Lynch Returns April 2nd

Posted on April 1, 2016 by cousinlynn953

  The delightful Claire Lynch Band is returning to the area this Saturday, at the Boston Bluegrass Union’s regular venue in Lexington, the former National Heritage Museum, now the ‘Scottish Rite Masonic Museum & Library’.  From the BBU website: Claire … Continue reading →

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HA’ppenings: Surprise Old-Time Fiddling on the Show

Posted on March 17, 2016 by cousinlynn953

Last Friday evening (11Mar16) I opened a brightly-colored mailer that had come in to WHRB the previous Saturday, to find a CD and a note from fiddler Matt Brown.  He said that he and guitarist Greg Reish were going to … Continue reading →

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