Copper Creek's 2006 Bluegrass Calendar

The Bluegrass calendar is a long-established favourite - not just a good calendar, not just a collection of fine photos to delight bluegrassers in general, but a mine of useful information and dates that are important in bluegrass music. The subtitle of this year's calendar is 'Celebrating bluegrass around the world', and it features American artists who have played a lot overseas - Bill Monroe, Ralph Stanley, Bill Clifton, Bob Paisley, Liz Meyer, the Johnson Mountain Boys, and the Williams & Clark Expedition - together with bands from the rest of the world: Nugget, Lilly of the West, Fragment, Bluegrass 45, and John Reischman & the Jaybirds.

The blurb on the back underestimates the number of festivals outside the USA, but that's no reason not to get this fine production, a bargain at $11.95. It can be ordered direct from the publishers, Copper Creek Records, from your favourite record supplier, or from the European Bluegrass Music Association, with a special reduction for EBMA members.