by Christine | Jan 13, 2013 | Welcome Column
The words “Hard Times” appeared the other day in our local newspaper as a crossword puzzle entry. That got me thinking about our recent hard economic times and it got me wondering about whether or not this new year would finally bring an end to them. Since...
by Christine | Jun 27, 2014 | Welcome Column
Welcome and howdy to you travelers out on Harmony Road. Wasn’t Father’s Day Bluegrass Festival at Grass Valley FUN? How did you like the new stage lighting panels? In the daylight I wasn’t sure I liked those gauzy panels but at night they were really amazing and so...
by Christine | May 18, 2012 | Welcome Column
Doug Dillard – we lost another musical hero yesterday with the passing of Doug Dillard. He led the popular bluegrass band The Dillards and appeared on Andy Griffith’s TV show shortly after moving from the Ozarks to LA in the 1960s. He introduced plenty of...
by Christine | Jul 19, 2013 | Welcome Column
Get ready for the Good Old Fashioned Festival August 9th-12th. The Main Stage Schedule for the 20th Annual NCBS Good Old Fashioned Bluegrass Festival has been announced. The August 8-11, 2013 gathering will be held at Bolado Park, Tres Pinos (7 miles south of...
by Christine | Jul 20, 2012 | Welcome Column
Happy Birthday Jesse McReynolds! I met Jesse at The Ryman Auditorium when I attended IBMA in Nashville last year. I took his photo and sent it to him and we have become friends. He sent me his cd: Jesse & Friends CD – Songs of the Grateful Dead! It has not...
