by Christine | Oct 8, 2013 | Welcome Column
After five stimulating, exciting, and exhausting days in Raleigh, NC at IBMA’s World of Bluegrass, we retreated to Hillsville Virginia, where we’ve been resting and exploring a different world of bluegrass for a little over a week. The contrast is both...
by Christine | Mar 6, 2013 | Welcome Column
I attended a concert last weekend by Front Country. Great band – imaginative arrangements, superior song choices, and very impressive execution. And they’re all so young! I’m fairly to seeing musicians play really well, but it does tend to shock me when they’re...
by Christine | Oct 25, 2014 | Welcome Column
The team I’ve belonged to for the last ten years or so told me they were a football team. I was sort of new at the game and wasn’t sure I’d really benefit that much from joining the team. I debated it for awhile and vacillated back and forth. After...
by Christine | Dec 23, 2013 | Welcome Column
I love music – listening to it, playing it, and seeing others receive the joy it brings. And giving the gift of music to others is a joy and delight. In 2011, I was fortunate to become a board member of the Foundation for Bluegrass Music. Let me tell you about this...
by Christine | Jul 5, 2006 | Welcome Column
I have had this nightmare more than once, and sometimes I’m not even sleeping. I’m doing something – could be anything – and a call comes and it’s somebody saying “Hey where ARE you! We have a gig today!” I had a gig recently, and called one of the band members to let...
