The San Francisco Bluegrass & Old-Time Festival brings us two great singers and their bands.

The Kathy Kallick Band Quartet promises a set of hot bluegrass and cool originals replete with distinctive, compelling songs, powerful vocals, and stellar, inventive playing. Along with Kathy’s luminous vocals and guitar, the quartet includes Tom Bekeney on mandolin, Annie Staninec on fiddle, and Paul Knight on bass presenting selections from Kathy’s band’s hit album Between the Hollow & the High-Rise and bluegrass gospel songs from Kathy's new CD, Count Your Blessings. This group of stellar musicians has inspired Kathy to make some of the most powerful music in her distinguished 35-year career, which includes a Grammy and two International Bluegrass Music Association Awards, chart-topping songs and collections, 15 albums, and hundreds of great original songs.

Susie Glaze & The Hilonesome Band blend “newgrass” and americana originals. Powered by Tennessee native Susie's strong, heartfelt vocals, the band features Steve Rankin on mandolin, Rob Carlson on guitar and dobro, Fred Sanders on bass, and Mark Indictor on fiddle. Susie and her band offer a gorgeous, eclectic set with mountain classics from Jean Ritchie, songs from the likes of Gillian Welch and Steve Earle, and originals from the band's most recent release, Live from the Freight & Salvage.

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