by Christine | Mar 20, 2018 | Welcome Column
Over the years I have been privy to many a gathering of Bluegrass luminaries backstage, at several different festivals, and I only wish that I could’ve been able to video tape a lot of those times. I’m not here to tell stories “out of school”...
by Christine | Sep 27, 2007 | Welcome Column
Over the years I have been privy to many a gathering of Bluegrass luminaries backstage, at several different festivals, and I only wish that I could’ve been able to video tape a lot of those times. I’m not here to tell stories “out of school”...
by Christine | Jul 15, 2013 | Welcome Column
I’m sure you’ve all seen them. They wander around the campgrounds in search of a good jam. But unlike most other would be bluegrass jammers, they are heavily burdened by a very ponderous and unwieldy instrument. If they do a lot of jam hopping...
by Christine | Mar 14, 2019 | Welcome Column
For nine years or so, back in the early 2000’s, I was a regular volunteer at CBA music camp, and I did a couple of Walker Creek Camps as well. There was always a sense of happiness in the air at those camps, and of common purpose — all these people excited...
by Christine | Jul 17, 2019 | Welcome Column
Art has the remarkable quality of being able to affect us in different ways, at different levels. When you see a masterpiece of art in a museum, it’s the main thing you’re looking at and thinking about for a while. You’re soaking it in, and savoring how it makes you...
by Christine | Mar 23, 2018 | Welcome Column
The “performance part” of playing music is a complex developmental process for most people. Any musician will verify that the comfort of one’s own living room is where all the perfect notes are kept. The folk and bluegrass music scene conjures images of dedicated...
