by Bert Daniel | Jun 8, 2022 | Welcome Column
The Daily grist: “if you have to keep declaring, over and over, that poetry is dead, it can’t actually be dead.” (from a college literary magazine) I read a disturbing article a couple of months ago from Washington Post columnist Christopher Ingraham. The...
by Bert Daniel | Jun 4, 2022 | Welcome Column
In choosing a cover photo for today’s column I came across this amusing video of a sport called noodling which I was unfamiliar with: https://youtu.be/f_OfdMVTsAI. Apparently noodling for many people means fishing for catfish with your bare hands! Thus the unusual...
by Bert Daniel | Jun 1, 2022 | Uncategorized, Welcome Column
I have a rather large collection of bluegrass CDs that I’ve accumulated over the years. Many of them are pretty old now. Periodically, I dig out a new old favorite to carry along in my car so I can get reacquainted with it. It’s even easier to scroll...
by Bert Daniel | May 30, 2022 | Welcome Column
The band scramble is a long time tradition of bluegrass festivals and get-togethers. Some people like them and some don’t so thankfully participation is always optional. The format of a bluegrass band scramble is pretty standard. Participants are invited to put their...
by Bert Daniel | May 21, 2022 | Uncategorized, Welcome Column
THE DAILY GRIST…”There is a sacredness in tears. They are not the mark of weakness, but of power. They speak more eloquently than ten thousand tongues. They are the messengers of overwhelming grief, of deep contrition, and of unspeakable love.” (Washington Irving)...
by Bruce Campbell | May 18, 2022 | Welcome Column
One of the peculiar benefits of being a performing musician is I get to see a lot of people dance. There’s just no action of self-expression as pure and universal as dance. I see little kids who can barely walk dance impulsively to live music. I have seen elderly...
