Writer’s Block – We Need a Telethon

It’s finally happened – I don’t know what to write about. So, dear readers, instead of the cogent, tightly plotted and brilliant essay you’ve come to expect from this column, it’s going to be a rambling wreck of random thoughts, spilling out like salty tears on...

Writing a True Song

Years ago, comedian Woody Allen gave a most unfunny interview in which he advocated “capital punishment” for movie producers who had the audacity to colorize classic black-and-white films in order to make them more appealing to modern audiences....

Writing Criticism

Today’s column from Ted Lehmann There’s been a thread running on Bluegrass-L about the role of criticism writing within bluegrass. It began with a discussion of the imminent demise of the online version of Bluegrass Now magazine, which had switched from print to...

Writing Criticism

(Editor’s Note–An early and insightful Ted Lehmann Welcome.)There’s been a thread running on Bluegrass-L about the role of criticism writing within bluegrass. It began with a discussion of the imminent demise of the online version of Bluegrass Now...

Writing Criticism

There’s been a thread running on Bluegrass-L about the role of criticism writing within bluegrass. It began with a discussion of the imminent demise of the online version of Bluegrass Now magazine, which had switched from print to electronic publication last spring....