It’s great to resonate!

Today’s column from Bruce Campbell Wednesday, September 1, 2010 If you play music often enough, with enough different people, you will discover that there are some folks who seem to bring out the best in your playing, or your singing, or both. It happens to...

It’s Like Breathing

Playing music has been a part of my life for 50+ years, and I have been lucky enough to arrange things so I get to do it pretty darn often. Every now and then, though, there’s a lull. Usually, it’s brought on by random accidents of events and scheduling – I may...

It’s Nearly Spring in Sebastopol

Hey, just a little more than a week to this year’s Sonoma Bluegrass and Folk Festival (March 12). This will be the 11th edition of this event, and it’s a fine kickoff to festival season. I have a lot of fine memories of this festival, and I look forward to it every...

It’s Not Pop

Why do we gravitate to certain kinds of music and not to others? I love bluegrass and old time music but my wife hates it. I used to listen to pop music like everybody else but these days if I have to answer a crossword puzzle entry with the letters adele or brunomars...

It’s Share Time!

When you find something that really makes you happy, that really turns your life around and feel very rewarding, you want to share that with people. This tendency is literally built into every evangelical faith – if you’ve seen the light, wouldn’t you want to spread...