man, that hardly strictly bluegrass festival is a good thing. only in san francisco would you find two days of unbelievable music (steve earle, gillian welch, the knitters, los super seven, doc watson, and on and on) in one of the most unbelievably beautiful settings—speedway meadow in golden gate park—for free. i was there for a little while on saturday with my son, max, and it was a little slice of heaven. can’t wait until next year.

[...] it’t that time again. the incredible free event known as hardly strictly bluegrass is coming up in about six weeks. it will be held october 6-8 in golden gate park. this will be the event’s sixth year and it just seems to get better and better. last year’s event was occasion for my second post on big microscope; i hope to provide a bit more detail before and after this year. [...]