by Christine | May 25, 2015 | Welcome Column
Driving up the I-5 to Parkfield, the drought conditions along the way were so evident. When we arrived on Wednesday, there were already a few campers set up along with many festival volunteers running around preparing for the festival on Thursday. There was also some...
by Christine | May 16, 2008 | Welcome Column
My dad used to have a saying. Ricky, he would say, when a fella’s got a new hammer, everything looks like a nail. At Parkfield I was the fella and my new I=Phone, with built in camera, was the hammer. Here are my Parkfield photos, with a little stream of consciousness...
by Christine | May 15, 2007 | Welcome Column
Parkfield is the most closely observed earthquake zone in the world. Scientists measure the strain in rocks, heat flow, and geomagnetism constantly around Parkfield. The Parkfield motto, which is plastered on signs, menus, flyers and newsletters, reads, “Eat...
by Christine | Dec 16, 2019 | Welcome Column
Despite what many would be led to believe due to the innate connection between Monroe and his mandolin, the true pillars of the bluegrass style are the fiddle and banjo, a combination that has been reported to occur since the mid-eighteenth century.The American...
by Christine | Feb 9, 2020 | Welcome Column
While there seems to be a genetic background that is able to trace back the musical contents of bluegrass such as the fiddle and banjo styles, as well as a societal background that places folk music and later country and bluegrass music with the audience and baggage...
