“Let The Music Play On” artists Chuck Prophet, Patty Griffin, Birds of Chicago, Los Coast and Shakey Graves. Illustration courtesy: Mark Urliksen. Hardly Strictly Bluegrass veterans Chuck Prophet and Patty Griffin, as well as Birds of Chicago, Los Coast and Shakey Graves, have been announced as additional performers at “Let The Music Play…

Concertgoers at Hardly Strictly Bluegrass at Golden Gate Park in San Francisco on Oct. 4, 2019. Photos: Paige K. Parsons. SAN FRANCISCO — The first weekend of October in San Francisco is synonymous with Hardly Strictly Bluegrass. The free music festival in Golden Gate Park has for 18 years…

Photos: Courtesy of Bear Music Festival PINECREST, Calif. — As afternoon light dapples through the evergreens, Chuck Prophet & The Mission Express launch into an 18-song, two-hour set. The venue is a poolside stage at Bear Music Festival, a unique family-friendly mashup of summer camp, house party and larger (and…