by Christine | Feb 10, 2016 | Welcome Column
Winter’s wimpy grip on California is weakening – I can feel it. Oh, at least one more cold snap lies between today and the true spring, but winter will be in the rear view mirror soon. And with the sun, comes the long California festival season. Will you be...
by Christine | Jan 11, 2012 | Welcome Column
If you’re in a band that regularly submits for festival gigs, you have some ambition. You’ve most likely been having regular band rehearsals, and you have enough gigs under your belt that you feel your band can handle the particular demands of a festival set. What...
by Christine | Dec 17, 2008 | Welcome Column
Today’s column from Bruce Campbell January 17, 2008 Right after the selections of the California Showcase Bands is announced, there is always some debate over the results. For every band that submitted, but didn’t get selected, there is some consternation. If...
by Christine | Feb 27, 2013 | Welcome Column
One of the most endearing things about bluegrass is the improvisation. Songs (or tunes) have a melody, which establishes the identity of the piece, but when the instrumentalists take their solos, the music joins other great musical forms (like jazz or the blues) in...
by Christine | May 2, 2018 | Welcome Column
My son gave me a very interesting book – “Louis Armstrong’s New Orleans”. When I began reading it, I realized it wasn’t a linear biography in the normal sense. Basically, the author is overlaying the presence of Armstrong in the context of the development of...
by Christine | Dec 24, 2016 | Welcome Column
It can be a game of wit, the game of life; a game of scrabble; but the luckiest game I ever played was fourteen years ago on line…. backgammon. I was tired of sick relationships, I had spent my last four years being the only one that was doing the work to...
