Jaming in the New Year

Northern Nevada Bluegrass Association
New Year's Jam

On January 1, 2011, the Northern Nevada Bluegrass Association welcomed the New Year to Reno, Nevada with a unique event, the New Year's Jam and Potluck. What better way to celebrate the New Year than enjoying good home made food while listening to acoustic musicians play the grass roots music of country, blues and gospel that has become known as Bluegrass. The Bluegrass music legacy goes back to the first immigrants who settled in America, bringing the folk music and ballads from their homelands of Ireland, Scotland, Wales and England. As the early settlers drifted south and settled in Kentucky, Tennessee, the Virginias and Carolinas, new songs were incorporated to become a standard of the folk music of their region. The music was a reflection of the areas where people lived, the countryside, mountains and daily life experiences. With the slave trade, new music was introduced along with the design for a musical instrument that was to become an integral part of Bluegrass music, the banjo.

The Bluegrass Jams that are so popular today have their roots back to the 1600's or earlier when people would gather in a circle around a campfire and someone would start picking out a tune. Others would join in and soon the whole group would be playing together. At the modern day jams, a circle is formed by the musicians where one person calls out a song and starts playing. Each musician takes a turn playing the melody and improvises around it, while the other musicians perform accompaniment. What is so interesting with a Bluegrass Jam is how a bunch of musicians can join in, who might not know each other and play unrehearsed so beautifully together.

For more information about Bluegrass and Jams, please visit Northern Nevada Bluegrass Association's website: http://www.nnba.org/

The Northern Nevada Bluegrass Association is a non-profit, volunteer organization promoting the enjoyment of bluegrass music in the Northern Nevada area.

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