by Christine | Aug 9, 2018 | Welcome Column
It hasn’t happened all that often that I hear a song that so impresses me that I can remember just where I first heard it, and that I spent the next few days learning it, and it is still one of my five or ten favorite bluegrass songs 30 years later.The death last...
by Christine | Apr 20, 2008 | Welcome Column
If you have read the postings on the Message Board the last couple of days you know how beloved Allen Light was, how much he accomplished, and you’ll get an idea of the huge contribution he made to the bluegrass community. And I know those messages are just a...
by Christine | Mar 7, 2016 | Welcome Column
(Editor’s Note: This morning we welcome a new Welcomer, Andrei Ferrera. Andrei is a communications director at Children’s Day School in San Francisco. He has been playing bluegrass music for close to twenty years. In recent years,...
by Christine | Jun 9, 2016 | Welcome Column
I wasn’t surprised to hear that James King had passed away last month. Having seen him live many times over about 25 years, I knew that James enjoyed beer. He was a singer’s singer — one of those rare people blessed with such a powerful,...
by Christine | Jul 9, 2009 | Welcome Column
There are memorial jams today for two friends of mine who were part of our bluegrass community, Nick Champlin and Reza Honarkhah. I wanted to write something remembering Nick and Reza this morning, and I think it is particularly appropriate to do it here, because I...
