by Bert Daniel | Apr 24, 2022 | Uncategorized, Welcome Column
…There you are, standing with your instrument and the music is just great. The most sublime moment of the whole festival is right now and you know it. It’s a little chilly and you forgot your jacket, but it doesn’t matter. You’re reasonably...
by Bert Daniel | Apr 20, 2022 | Uncategorized, Welcome Column
If there’s one thing this world needs these days, it has to be harmony. We are all individuals but cooperation in matters of common interest can only lead to the greater good of all. If only people and the nations of the world held this simple idea closer to all of...
by Bert Daniel | Apr 13, 2022 | Uncategorized, Welcome Column
This weekend we celebrate another Easter. It comes relatively late this year but can come as late as the 25th or as early as March 22nd since it’s based on the lunar calendar just like Chinese New Year. If the title of today’s column applies to you as a...
by Patrick Campbell | Dec 9, 2021 | Uncategorized
I’m writing as a member of the IBMA Foundation’s Arnold Shultz Fund Committee to ask you to let your readers know about our work. The fund was established last year to support activities increasing participation of people of color in bluegrass music. Last...
by Patrick Campbell | Aug 11, 2021 | General News, Uncategorized
Christine writes from the heartland of Kansas: Christine Wilhoyte is an alum of CBA Youth Programs and banjo player for the band North Country Blue. This summer and fall, while she misses the California jam circuit, she’s having a blast riding her bike across the...
by Patrick Campbell | Aug 18, 2021 | Coming Event(s), Uncategorized
Hardly Strictly Bluegrass announces Come What May – Hardly Strictly Everywhere 2021 We hope that this email finds you well amidst the ups & downs of 2021. As a close friend of Hardly Strictly Bluegrass, we wanted to make sure you were aware of this...