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...
by Christine | Nov 24, 2006 | Welcome Column
How do you do, you all! Sit yourself on a nice comfortable chair or bed and immerse yourself in a fantastic world of— oh, who am I kidding. This is Bluegrass ‘n Stuff. One of the coolest things you can do in music is incorporate dynamics into your playing. That’s like...
