by Christine | Sep 27, 2014 | Welcome Column
This is the week of awards for the bluegrass community and whether or not you’ve been nominated for an award, it is arguably the biggest week in your bluegrass life. It is this week that sets the tone for the coming year. This week is what the industry lives...
by Christine | Mar 10, 2012 | Welcome Column
After watching a computer “live stream” of the tribute concert to Warren Hellman on February 19th, my thinking-cap suddenly appeared. Should I have gone? Would that have been better than staying at home and watching it on a sixteen inch computer screen? Did I miss...
by Christine | Dec 18, 2013 | Welcome Column
Every year about this time, a debate rages anew. At some point, a few years ago, someone suggested to associate this season with a single, non-secular holiday (that would be Christmas) was insensitive to people of other faiths. So, an effort was made to remake the...
by Christine | Apr 12, 2016 | Welcome Column
To each his own at a campout. Musicians gather at many of our campouts in any form in order to play with friends. They arrive in 40 foot motorhomes with every bell and whistle possible. It is good to get to know these attendees in case there is...
by Christine | May 3, 2015 | Welcome Column
Ron Spears just wrote critical piece about “corporate country.” I happen to concur with his point of view that the bottom line of commercial country industry is the bottom line, but hasn’t this always really been the case for decades? Maybe one’s taste and...
