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...
by Christine | Oct 1, 2019 | Welcome Column
As Ripley might say, “Believe it or Not” there is a connection. Although if you try to find a connection between St. Augustine and Bluegrass you find that “Kentucky bluegrass and St. Augustine have little in common other than being green and widely used for lawns”....
by Christine | Dec 10, 2013 | Welcome Column
How do you take five not very noisy instruments that cannot be listened to without electronic amplification except in a rather small room and turn their music into something large groups of people can listen to? Add to this problem the fact that each of the...
