by Christine | Dec 26, 2011 | Welcome Column
I’m glad I got to know Warren Hellman as well as I did. I met him in 2002 at the second annual Strictly Bluegrass Festival. The “Hardly” was added the following year. My wife, Jeanie, and I and our band performed on the stage reserved for local acts, and Warren, who...
by Christine | Jan 31, 2015 | Welcome Column
I’m glad I got to know Warren Hellman as well as I did. I met him in 2002 at the second annual Strictly Bluegrass Festival. The “Hardly” was added the following year. My wife, Jeanie, and I and our band performed on the stage reserved for local acts, and Warren, who...
by Christine | Feb 16, 2019 | Welcome Column
The Didmarton Bluegrass Festival in Gloucestershire, England, is one of the major music festivals in UK, but like all such events it started small, back in the 1980s, as a weekend of picking and singing at a country pub. Many of the local residents hadn’t heard...
by Christine | Jul 26, 2013 | Welcome Column
I realize that I’m late to the game compared to many of you in regard to exploring bluegrass through social media and those of you who are experts in these fields might want to stop reading right here, as I know that I have nothing new to tell you. For the rest of...
by Christine | Apr 26, 2016 | Welcome Column
Long ago, I wrote this after watching happy kids in a documentary on Africa. It speaks to what I am writing about today.BarefootI sat and cursed so longthe shoes I did not ownthat I grew no callusesnor corns to cushion me.And thus I could not runthe race of life with...
