66days until
Coombs Bluegrass 2012
Midnight Flight
Queens Bluegrass
Still Blue
5 on a String
 Clover Point Drifters
Last Train
Elena Yeung & Kootenay Mtn. Special
Corner Grass
Branch 11, Old Time Fiddlers
Skagway
Yodelling Lynda Krauza & Friends
Flash in the Pan

Midnight Flight     special guest performers

Ozark Mountains, Missouri, USA
   Back by popular demand to our Coombs Bluegrass Festival, after a stellar performance last year are our friends and yours, Midnight Flight.  Masters of the single mike, each band member makes a powerful contribution to the overall sound of this great traditional bluegrass band.  Excellent vocal harmonies, tight instrumentation, good audience rapport, and a passion for playing in Canada, again the pleasure is all ours.  Welcome back, Midnight Flight, we are indeed lucky campers!


Queens Bluegrass




Sedro Wooley, Washington, USA

Returning this year is Queens Bluegrass, from Washington. This traditional bluegrass band has been playing in the Skagit Valley for over 27 years and been coming to Coombs for almost that long. Queens Bluegrass brings with them tight harmonies with traditional bluegrass coming from the heart of rural America. Ee haw! Welcome back Ernest & Queens Bluegrass.


Still Blue
Abbottsford, B. C.

Still Blue is new to Coombs, but they are bound to keep your toes tapping.  Lots of energy from these folks.  This band can be heard playing long after most have gone to bed...seems like they are just getting going.  Welcome to Coombs Bluegrass.  We pick day & night!

 

5 on a String

Vancouver B.C.

    5 on a String from Vancouver, BC is another traditional bluegrass band that shares a lot of history with Coombs Bluegrass.

We just keep having to call them back. They bring high energy, excellent vocal harmonies & lots of pickin.

Years of playing together have made them a very tight band.

Clover Point Drifters

Victoria, B. C.

    Here's a band that has been around for a long time, coming from the Victoria area. The Clover Point Drifters share a history with the Coombs Bluegrass Festival going way back to our first few festivals. These guys have superb vocal harmonies & excellent instrumentation, and have been known to step over the boundries of traditional stuff. Looking forward to hearing you play for us again.


Last Train
Victoria, B. C.

Returning again for another year is Last Train.   Last Train combines a love and respect for both bluegrass and oldtime traditions to create a sound that is at times energetic and hard-driving, at other times lilting and sweet.  With a blend of original material and enduring traditional numbers, Last Train is bound to get you singing or stomping along. "We look forward to giving you all musical hugs.
 
 

Elena Yeung & Kootenay Mountain Special
Creston, B. C.
From fiery banjo picking to bone-chilling a cappella,  Elena Yeung and Kootenay Mountain Special take listeners on a journey through heartbreak and wonder with songs and stories of the human condition, both past and present.  Drawing from the old folk and mountain traditions, Elena's simple yet persistent melodies harken back to the old home place.
 
    



Corner Grass
Sidney-By-The-Sea, B. C.
    Corner Grass is a relatively new band , although none of the members are new to bluegrass.  From what we've heard so far, this band puts tradition in its place, not to mention some high lonesome as well.  Mighty fine singing, and a very sweet fiddle, we are looking forward to hearing and seeing our new friends. 
A band that never runs out of songs, make welcome Corner Grass!

Branch 11, Old Time Fiddlers
Coombs B. C.
 
The Old Time Fiddlers make up the biggest part of the old time fiddling agenda.  They play a huge repetoire of familiar fiddle tunes and can be heard almost everywhere acoustic music is played.  Can't wait to hear more.  Some of the originals have never missed a festival yet!


Skagway
Nanaimo, B. C.
    Returning to Coombs Bluegrass is Skagway.  Bringing lots of young energy to the stage, they arrive complete with their own audience.  Mixing traditional  bluegrass and newgrass
together, they have created their own sound. 
An act not to be missed, there's some hot pickin comin from this band.


Yodelling Lynda Krauza & Friends
Kelowna, B. C.

Last summer in our travels we met a lady who could yodel, not to mention sing, and she yodelled her way right into our hearts.  Please welcome to Coombs Bluegrass for the first time, Lynda Krauza and Friends.


Flash In The Pan
Victoria, B. C. 

    FLASH IN THE PAN continues their quest to keep their name ironic. The band has been able to refine their sound during regular appearances around Victoria and Vancouver Island since Autumn of 2008. Audiences should gear up for another year of FITP's foot stompin' dance tunes and sweet four-part harmonies. Featuring new original songs and old favourites in their repertoire, the band exudes youthful energy and a love of bluegrass, old-time, country and gospel gems. The band's lineup includes familiar faces in the Victoria bluegrass scene: Miriam Sonstenes on fiddle (Backyard String Band, The SweetLowdown, Sweet Ginger), Cluny Macpherson on banjo (The Dougs, Neckbeard, Rock Island Ramblers), Kelly Sherwin on bass (Ain't Dead Yet,The Balkan Babes), Jeff Dill on guitar (Sweet Ginger, the Yiddish Columbia State Orchestra) and ChrisHerbst on dobro (The Gruff, Skagway, the Boot Screefers).

 


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