It’s Nearly Spring in Sebastopol

by | Mar 2, 2011 | Welcome Column

Hey, just a little more than a week to this year’s Sonoma Bluegrass and Folk Festival (March 12). This will be the 11th edition of this event, and it’s a fine kickoff to festival season. I have a lot of fine memories of this festival, and I look forward to it every...

It’s Not Pop

by | Sep 30, 2019 | Welcome Column

Why do we gravitate to certain kinds of music and not to others? I love bluegrass and old time music but my wife hates it. I used to listen to pop music like everybody else but these days if I have to answer a crossword puzzle entry with the letters adele or brunomars...

It’s Share Time!

by | Feb 24, 2010 | Welcome Column

When you find something that really makes you happy, that really turns your life around and feel very rewarding, you want to share that with people. This tendency is literally built into every evangelical faith – if you’ve seen the light, wouldn’t you want to spread...

It’s So Easy To Make It Difficult

by | Sep 22, 2012 | Welcome Column

I spent the weekend watching a lot of bluegrass on stage, some from the professional side of our genre and some from the still-amateur-but-quickly-moving-up side of the industry. It was a weekend with shining examples on both ends of the professional spectrum. The...