by Bert Daniel | Jul 18, 2021 | Welcome Column
Every musician who plays an acoustic instrument knows that some instruments sound a lot better than others. A really good musician can make any decently made instrument sing but the voice of an acoustic instrument crafted by an expert using the best tone woods...
by Bruce Campbell | Jul 14, 2021 | Welcome Column
I have a lifelong war with socks. I never wear matching socks – it’s a habit since adolescence, and that has made my tense relationship with socks (and shoes) a little better, but we’re still basically enemies. I have a LOT of socks, and at any given time, at...
by Marty Varner | Jul 12, 2021 | Welcome Column
In recent years, after seemingly leaving the traditional bluegrass scene, the Infamous Strindusters have made a conscious effort to show the traditional sound to a more diverse audience. Banjoist Chris Pandolfi of course created waves with his article introducing the...
by Bert Daniel | Jul 10, 2021 | Welcome Column
Many things attract our attention simply because they are so unusual. You have in your mind a preexisting concept of what is normal and then you see something that is so outside the box you don’t know how it could have possibly come to be. In the bluegrass world I...
by robin | Jul 1, 2021 | Welcome Column
Things happen that are out of your control and if you want to keep going, you have to be able to make the appropriate adjustments or accommodations. That’s great intro for a welcome column on a bluegrass web site… he says facetiously or as they say “says no one ever”...
by Maggie Sokolik | Jun 24, 2021 | Interview, Welcome Column
If you don’t know Melissa Carper’s music, you really ought to. Her recent solo album, Daddy’s Country Gold, while not bluegrass, is the kind of traditional country that bluegrass fans will appreciate. Bass player Dennis Crouch produced this album, and plays on several...
