by Christine | Jun 11, 2020 | Welcome Column
Author David W. Johnson has written a focused biography which combines solid scholarship, excellent consideration of the role context plays within the narrative, and living, breathing central characters who emerge as an important musical force with all the personal...
by Christine | Aug 14, 2017 | Welcome Column
As soon as I say the words, “Lonesome River Band” I’m sure many of my readers had initial reactions both good and band. One might have thought, “Dan Tyminskyi, Ronnie Bowman and Sammy Shelor in the same band? Doesn’t get any better!” While another reader might be...
by Christine | Apr 3, 2008 | Welcome Column
In 1972, I was home from college visiting my parents when we turned on the evening news. There was a segment of “On the Road” with Charles Kuralt, always one of our favorite features of the broadcast. Kuralt’s brief photojournal essays brought to the American public...
by Christine | Dec 17, 2017 | Welcome Column
Some of you should know by now that we have a new Music Camp Liaison, Maggie Sokolik. Maggie is an excellent author and great musician and in the spirit of Music Camp-themed Welcome articles that we often run leading up to the festival, here’s one from...
by Christine | Jan 7, 2018 | Welcome Column
(EDITOR’S NOTE–Blink your eyes. I dare you. That’s about how long an entire bluegrass season takes to play out. Or in this case, nine years. We’re running President Darby’s fall of 2009 monthly column just to offer a sense of how...
