by Christine | Aug 19, 2017 | Welcome Column
A couple of years ago I read an article that cited research from MIT suggesting that “human brains don’t just recognize music – our evolution has actually produced a dedicated neural circuit for it.” The researchers were excited about how continued studies might...
by Christine | Jan 19, 2019 | Welcome Column
With six months to go till the CBA Father’s Day Bluegrass Festival, I give you a compilation of festivation and camping wisdom:1. The only thing worse than having a spider in your tent is losing a spider in your tent.2. Remember to bring a large indelible marker for...
by Christine | Jun 20, 2020 | Welcome Column
A few weeks ago I attended an open jam session at an East Bay bar and restaurant. There were about a dozen pickers there from older geezers like me (one fellow who said he had actually played in a New York coffee house years ago with a young Bob Dylan) to some much...
by Christine | Nov 30, 2020 | Welcome Column
“There are all kinds of love in this world, but never the same love twice.” — F. Scott FitzgeraldIsn’t Mr. Fitzgerald on point when you pause to think of these 15 words. All strung together; all connected for reasons, deep: Each word...
by Christine | Aug 20, 2015 | Welcome Column
I tend to have writing ideas flowing through my head all the time, but as soon as I accepted the offer to write this column, all those lovely ideas disappeared into thin air. Funny how that works. But I’ve made a commitment, so I guess I’ll just start at the beginning...
by Christine | Oct 30, 2009 | Welcome Column
Late October is a great time to be on tour in the Northeast. Megan Lynch and I have been up here for about a week, performing and teaching in Maine, Massachusetts and Vermont. Fall (or as they insist on saying in England, autumn) has always been my favorite time of...
