by Christine | Jul 10, 2014 | Welcome Column
I have been thinking a lot lately about young people and music. I think it started at Grass Valley when I watched and listened to Annie Staninec, Angelica Grim and Molly Tuttle, young people who not that many years ago were roaming around the festival grounds with...
by Christine | May 7, 2011 | Welcome Column
Well, it seems that Blue Grass season is under way, with the Spring Campout behind us. Another fine, fun gathering. David Brace ran it like an old pro. One thing he hasn’t learned yet is how to duck – seems he’s going to ramrod the Fall get-together as well! Chef Mike...
by Christine | Mar 5, 2017 | Welcome Column
As I was going through the learning process of my new bluegrass instrument, I attended a local jam. Eric and Barbara West had hosted this weekly jam in their home for years to coach new bluegrass jammers. Eric gave me a bundle of music he didn’t want any...
by Christine | Oct 15, 2010 | Welcome Column
For a few days in mid-October we’ve been visiting in one of the birthplace regions of old time, bluegrass, and country music. As a kid in high school, I heard and read about the poverty and coal dust of Appalachia. Pete Seeger sang union songs that I learned and...
by Christine | Jun 24, 2018 | Welcome Column
Love. No doubt the deepest and most integral part of being human. It’s what drives us, haunts us, and defines us. Having it, losing it, cursing it, hiding it, needing it, wasting it, finding it, spurning it, wanting it, denying it, missing it, celebrating it....
by Christine | Jul 16, 2016 | Welcome Column
Hello Folks, I’m working (and having fun) at Northwest String Summit in Oregon this week. I’ve given my mom Karen precise written directions on how to post this column. She said she’d do it if she didn’t have to put down her cocktail. Let’s see...
