by Christine | Jul 28, 2012 | Welcome Column
I’m thankful that it’s been such a busy summer this year. I’ve been lucky to teach at some of the best music camps around, like Banjo Camp North in Massachusetts; the Midwest Banjo Camp in Michigan; Camp Bluegrass at South Plains College in Texas and, coming up next...
by Christine | Sep 15, 2012 | Welcome Column
“Is the jamming any good?” “Will I have to hike out for food?” “What kind of a bluegrass festival is it anyway?” “What’s the volunteering like?” Ah, yes, friends, these are the great unknowns of an untried festival venue. So, here’s a take on a recent festival...
by Christine | Mar 19, 2016 | Welcome Column
If you’re on Facebook you probably know how sometimes it throws you a “memory,” a post from your past, usually with a photo of a previous Facebook post. So today when Akira Otsuka (of Bluegrass 45) showed up in a smiling pose with 17 year-old me at Wintergrass in...
by Christine | Aug 19, 2018 | Welcome Column
There is a saying that is often attributed to be an old Chinese curse, which goes something like “may you live in interesting times”. An associated version of that curse is “may you live an interesting life” and it turns out neither of these has any apparent roots in...
by Christine | Apr 7, 2020 | Welcome Column
Guitarist Jim Nunally is one of those quiet tsunami forces within the bluegrass world. He’s far too humble to put it that way but I’m sure you know what I mean. Every one of us has seen him on stage at festivals and concerts for years, seamlessly adding his expertise...
by Christine | Nov 22, 2020 | Welcome Column
My head is filled with book orders and anatomy trivia and biology and scholarships. (Did you know the nose remembers about 50,000 different smells, but our olfactory sense shuts down when we sleep?) I hope you’ll get a smile from this re-run of my first “Bluegrassian...
