by Christine | Jul 9, 2017 | Welcome Column
Jesse McReynolds turns 88 years old today. Happy 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 spin off band, Flatt and...
by Christine | Oct 8, 2017 | Welcome Column
The Daily Grist: “My talking is not exactly right, but I’m good. I’m a strong woman. … I love these people. I had a stroke, but I’m living, and every day (God, thank you so much for every day!) I am thankful for them all.” … Lynn MorrisSome musicians flame onto scene...
by Christine | Apr 6, 2009 | Welcome Column
profound effortlessness to their passionate playing. The cello and viola would double up on growly notes while the lead fiddle sang with every ounce of its being. Each instrument would rise to the top of the dynamics occasionally and then drop back into its support...
by Christine | Jul 4, 2012 | Welcome Column
What a lucky man I am to be writing the Welcome Column for the CBA on the 4th of July! And what a lucky man I am to be writing the Welcome Column for the CBA on the 4th of July in an election year! National election years in this country can become very, very tedious...
by Christine | Sep 13, 2020 | Welcome Column
The Daily Grist: “Bill Monroe’s importance to American music is as important as someone like Robert Johnson was to blues, or Louis Armstrong. He was so influential: I think he’s the only musician who had a whole style of music named after his band.” (Ricky...
