by Bert Daniel | Aug 8, 2021 | Welcome Column
Here’s one from a couple of years back: If you’re gonna play bluegrass, you need to know something about grits. I’m not talking about textures of sandpaper from the hardware store and I’m not talking about hip hop groups. No, I’m talking about a delicacy native to the...
by Bert Daniel | Aug 6, 2021 | Welcome Column
The harbinger of a healing America is spreading like a shot filled tequila bluegrass jam as actual real flesh and blood blue grass bands are being booked to perform on real non zoom incorporated stages. I just saw the good news that my friend Jason Winfrey and Red Dog...
by Bruce Campbell | Aug 4, 2021 | Welcome Column
One of the coolest things about being a performing musician is, people generally say nice stuff to you. If you did a good job, you made a lot of people happy and entertained them, and it’s very natural for them to want to convey thanks to you during a break or after...
by Bert Daniel | Aug 19, 2021 | Welcome Column
A few weeks ago my wife and I were visited by a couple who had been good friends of ours since student days. We hadn’t seen them for some years, and it came up in conversation that the husband had presented his wife with a ukulele last Christmas. After a bit of...
by Bruce Campbell | Jul 28, 2021 | Welcome Column
After a good rehearsal, or a good gig, I come away with a pleasing afterglow, which I have to term as “feeling like a musician”. It means, during those events, I let the music wash over me, enjoyed the participation of it, and reveled in the release it provided for my...
by robin | Jul 26, 2021 | Welcome Column
“I CAN’T KEEP YOU IN LOVE WITH ME”: SECULAR SONGS OF THE LOUVIN BROTHERS Charlie and Ira Louvin returned to the Capitol Records studio in 1958 to prove that they were capable of selling secular records. While the duo continued to record and perform sacred songs until...
