by Christine | May 23, 2011 | Welcome Column
Bluegrass music is outdoor music. There are hundreds of bluegrass songs about hills, valleys, fields, streams, and other features of the landscape. Bluegrass jams always sound better outdoors, under the shade of pine trees on a hot summer day. And bluegrass fans wait...
by Christine | May 26, 2020 | Welcome Column
The mind. The mind is created by the brain. The neuroscientists don’t know exactly how the brain does it. They can’t identify exactly which part(s) of the brain are responsible for creating consciousness, which in turn creates the “self” that we call “us,” which...
by Christine | Feb 15, 2019 | Welcome Column
Author’s note: That this column appears on a day when the music world lost one of its icons (Merle Haggard) is purely coincidental – no disrespect is intended. Condolence to all of Haggard’s fans and family.I’m in a pretty good mood today, so it’s a...
by Christine | Oct 11, 2016 | Welcome Column
She’s brave, I thought. I could never be that brave. I sat in the audience under a shade tree at the Kings River Bluegrass Festival watching Oak Grove, the Schwartz family band. As a newcomer to bluegrass, I never encountered a family band with whom I...
by Christine | Mar 16, 2017 | Welcome Column
For many aficionados of bluegrass and old-time music world-wide, printed publications have been a vital source of information for over half a century. Books and magazines are now having to shift up to make room for internet resources, but I still regularly have...
