The Grass Valley California-based Anderson Family, with its four youngsters ages 6 to 13, has been performing as a band with the sounds of traditional bluegrass music since early 2005, and this six-member family is delighting audiences everywhere.
Singing most of the lead is Paige (13), with Aimee (12) and Ethan (9) singing harmony and occasional lead. Paige is an accomplished flat-picker on the guitar, picking out great leads and solid rhythm for the band. Both Aimee on fiddle and Ethan on mandolin do an excellent job with solos and backup, and Daisy (6) saws away at her little fiddle and sings a 4th harmony part in some of the band's songs. Mom (Christy) provides the solid stand-up bass beat and Dad (Mark) supplies the bluegrass banjo drive to the group.
The Anderson Family songs are based on traditional bluegrass and old-time music in the styles of The Stanley Brothers, Bill Monroe, The Carter Family, Hazel Dickens, Flatt and Scruggs and many others.
January, 2008: Watch for your February 2008 Bluegrass Now magazine. Paige is featured in the opening Editor's Letter and in the Teen Scene column with an interview by Stephanie Dilling.
January 12, 2007: The Anderson Family Bluegrass Band is featured on NPR's California Report Weekly Magazine Radio Show. Reporter Anna Sussman spent a day with the Andersons at their Grass Valley home back in August. The piece includes discussion with the family and of course some bluegrass music. The audio segment is archived on NPR's web site HERE.
September 2006: Paige is featured in the September/October 2006 issue of Flatpicking Guitar Magazine. This issue features several women guitar players from around the country. Paige's part includes an interview, and for those who subscribe to the magazine with the CD option, a performance of one of her current favorite guitar solos, "Farewell Blues".
Copies of the issue (including the CD version) are available for order through the Flatpicking Guitar Magazine web site (click on their Back Issues link).