by Christine | Oct 28, 2016 | Welcome Column
After spending a lot of time in a workshop recently I can tell you that whenever you get mix more than two musicians with a luthier in a room together then the subject of airline guitar damage comes up. Everybody seems to have their own favorite story about when an...
by Christine | Sep 26, 2010 | Welcome Column
I’m writing this on Wednesday before the Hobbs Grove Festival. I’m still rockin’ and reelin’ from a fun filled week at L & S Productions’ Bluegrassin’ in the Foothills. What a great line-up of bands! I sat through nearly every performance from the first Emerging...
by Christine | Oct 6, 2015 | Welcome Column
(Editor’s Note–We’re reaching back five years today for a piece by Jean Ramos written just after the 2010 Plymouth festival. A long-time Welcome writer, Jean has a way of capturing the spirit and ambiance of bluegrass get-togthers. If you...
by Christine | Sep 22, 2011 | Welcome Column
As life has led me down the road following the pure passion of my life, Bluegrass music, there’s been a few embarrasing moments. Some intentional, but most of ’em pure happenstance. A lot of ’em my fault, and some of ’em involving friends in...
by Christine | Feb 3, 2020 | Welcome Column
The role of emcee at a bluegrass festival is often underestimated as crucial cog keeping the event rolling along while providing support for the vendors, information for the fans, and discipline for the performers. It’s a difficult task which requires...
by Christine | Aug 14, 2011 | Welcome Column
You’ve all seen it happen. You’re at that event you’ve been looking forward to for months. The music has been so magical this night that nobody in the audience wants it to end. You can just feel it. The applause has been thundering after every piece...
