KALW with Peter Thompson
KPFA with Tom Diamant and Ray Edlund
KKUP with Mike Russell
KWMR with Jerry Lunsford
Venues
Father's Day Bluegrass Festival, Grass Valley
San Francisco Bluegrass and
Old Time Music Festival,
San Francisco
Sweetwater Station, Larkspur
Cafe Du Nord, San Francisco
The Attic, Santa Cruz
McGrath's Pub, Alameda
Plymouth Bluegrass Festival, Plymouth
Good Old Fashioned Bluegrass Festival, Hollister
Berkeley Downtown Music Festival, Berkeley
The Sand Dollar, Stinson Beach
The Sweetwater, Mill Valley
The Atlas Cafe, San Francisco
Plough and Stars, San Francisco
Starry Plough, Berkeley
Summer 2009 Pt Richmond Festival (photo credit: Mike Melnyk)
The band features Nell's “rich, warm and sexy vocals” and is an entertaining mix of traditional bluegrass and country music, including original compositions.
In just three years, Nell Robinson & Red Level has headlined and sold-out the renowned Freight and Salvage Coffeehouse in Berkeley, won the Emerging Artist competition at the Plymouth Bluegrass Festival, performed at some of the best West Coast music festivals, including the Father’s Day Bluegrass Festival and this Fall, the Strawberry Music Festival, and check out the early Red Level release, their own take on Loretta Lynn’s “You Ain’t Woman Enough (To Take My Man).”
Meet the BandNell’s band of Bay Area musicians has impeccable bluegrass and country music credentials. Her Summer 2010 line-up is: Tom Bekeny (High Country, Kathy Kallick Band), Glenn Dauphin (High Country, Sidesaddle), Jim Mintun (High Country), and Yoseff Tucker (Dalton Mountain Gang, Windy Hill).
Contact Nell for the most current band member bios.
video credit: Tom Nowak
"Classic deep south bluegrass in the Bill Monroe & Stanley Brothers tradition, along with enough country and modern folk tunes to create a lively union of old-time spirits and contemporary sensibilities."
-The Freight & Salvage
-Larry Carlin, Bluegrass Breakdown, California Bluegrass Association
"Nell's voice is beautiful, rich, warm and sexy, perfect for singing traditional bluegrass and country music. " -Bluegrass by the Bay, Northern California Bluegrass Society