by Bert Daniel | Jul 11, 2022 | Welcome Column
Jesse McReynolds turned 93 years old a couple of days ago. Happy belated birthday, Jesse! Among the luminary founders of the genre we call bluegrass music today, Jesse certainly looms very large. Bill Monroe first took country music in that specific direction and his...
by Bert Daniel | Jul 4, 2022 | Welcome Column
Bluegrass music has always been more than just blue. It’s solidly red and white too just like our flag and especially so on this 246th birthday of our great country. Bluegrass fans have to be some of the most patriotic music lovers out there and nothing screams...
by Bert Daniel | Jun 29, 2022 | Uncategorized, Welcome Column
What a treat last week to once again sit in a lawn chair at Grass Valley and listen some of the best musicians in the land! We had a lively crowd, mild weather and lively jams sometimes fueled by recent graduates of the reborn yearly music camp. I hope our venerable...
by Bert Daniel | Jun 26, 2022 | Welcome Column
The Daily Grist: As her lute doth live or die, Led by her passion, so must I: For when of pleasure she doth sing, My thoughts enjoy a sudden spring, But if she doth of sorrow speak, Ev’n from my heart the strings do break. (Thomas Campion) All of our traditional...
by Bert Daniel | Jun 20, 2022 | Uncategorized, Welcome Column
It is interesting to think of just how old some of the music that crept into the bluegrass genre from long ago is. Bluegrass songs often tell a story. That might be a murder (most likely by a guy named Willie) but it might be something quite different. In the middle...
