by Christine | Jul 23, 2009 | Welcome Column
Blackberry sitting on a bramble high /I’ve been reaching into the sky /I’m gonna pick me a bowl to stew/ And have some this morning. We have a big blackberry bush in our back driveway and we pass by there often on our way to visit Grandma. My son Ethan noticed the...
by Christine | Jul 20, 2018 | Welcome Column
Blackberry Blossom is one of the classic fiddle tunes, up there in the Top Ten of instrumentals to have ready for those festival jam sessions. In the 1920s and 30s it was popularised by Fiddlin’ Arthur Smith, who recorded Blackberry Blossom with his Dixieliners...
by Christine | May 24, 2015 | Welcome Column
This weekend I will have my flag on display to acknowledge the men and women who made the ultimate sacrifice to keep America Free. May they rest in peace and may we all reflect on the freedoms we enjoy as we celebrate Memorial Day with those we love. Like many of you,...
by Christine | Nov 20, 2020 | Welcome Column
I know what you’re thinking, JDs been up in the woods too long byhimself, and what in the cat hair does hoot owls have to do withbluegrass music? Well in this case, it has a lot to do with it myfriends and I will explain.Back in November of 1963 while on a goose...
by Christine | Feb 9, 2014 | Welcome Column
You’d be pretty hard pressed to come up with the name of a mountain range which is more storied and sung about than the Blue Ridge Mountains, especially if you’re a Bluegrass fan. The Blue Ridge will forever be my favorite mountains. They were the first mountains I...
by Christine | Aug 13, 2019 | Welcome Column
Some readers may know that a large amount of my earliest musical memories were with AJ Lee. Whether it was with Kids on Bluegrass, or our travels with the Schwartz brothers in OMGG, I have heard and seen a large portion of AJ’s artistic growth. The same can be...
