by Christine | Oct 8, 2017 | Welcome Column
The Daily Grist: “My talking is not exactly right, but I’m good. I’m a strong woman. … I love these people. I had a stroke, but I’m living, and every day (God, thank you so much for every day!) I am thankful for them all.” … Lynn MorrisSome musicians flame onto scene...
by Christine | Apr 6, 2009 | Welcome Column
profound effortlessness to their passionate playing. The cello and viola would double up on growly notes while the lead fiddle sang with every ounce of its being. Each instrument would rise to the top of the dynamics occasionally and then drop back into its support...
by Christine | Jul 4, 2012 | Welcome Column
What a lucky man I am to be writing the Welcome Column for the CBA on the 4th of July! And what a lucky man I am to be writing the Welcome Column for the CBA on the 4th of July in an election year! National election years in this country can become very, very tedious...
by Christine | Sep 13, 2020 | Welcome Column
The Daily Grist: “Bill Monroe’s importance to American music is as important as someone like Robert Johnson was to blues, or Louis Armstrong. He was so influential: I think he’s the only musician who had a whole style of music named after his band.” (Ricky...
by Christine | Apr 12, 2020 | Welcome Column
This is not a normal Easter but we can still celebrate the beautiful spring and the importance of rebirth. We WILL renew our shattered lives and all it will take is that we stick together and support each other. I was going to write a piece about one of my favorite...
by Christine | Oct 31, 2018 | Welcome Column
It being October 31st, and a Wednesday, my mind turns to fright and terror, and I recall, shivering, my three most terrifying gigs…. The Day the Guns Came Out As a young man, I lived in a “band house” with a bunch of other musicians, and our next door neighbor was a...
