DCBU Celebrates Tom Gray and Carroll Swam with Special Bluegrass Birthday Bash in Severn, MD The DC Bluegrass Union will gather folks from Baltimore to DC and all areas in between to honor Tom Gray and Carroll Swam with an epic Bluegrass Birthday Bash on Saturday, February 11th at American Legion 276 in Severn Md. [...]
We currently maintain four monthly jams around the Greater DC area. We work with local musicians to facilitate more than FIFTY JAMS that that approached 1,500 hours of musical opportunity to learn, practice and socialize. We’ve got 2 recurring jams in Hyattsville and Downtown DC. Sincere thanks go to Barb Diederich and Ed Schaeffer for [...]
DC Bluegrass Union supports composers- authors of both songs and instrumental compositions. We handled nearly 200 combined entries for the Mike Auldridge Instrumental Contest and the Hazel Dickens Song Contest, awarding a total of $1,700 to the top three selections in the two contests. Thats real money for content creators! We continue to benefit from [...]
It was a busy 2022 for the DC Bluegrass Union board and members with lots of opportunities to get out and enjoy some bluegrass music all around the area. We arranged two super community celebration events honoring a trio local luminaries- Bob Perilla, Mary Cliff and Tom Knowles- with great music and jamming. The Bob Perilla’s [...]