by Christine | Mar 26, 2021 | Welcome Column
Given pandemic binging, I seem to have finished Netflix. So, I have been scouting out other things to watch. Thought I would look for some bluegrass videos. Searching Netflix for ‘bluegrass’ turns up videos featuring Brad Paisley, Bob Dylan, and George Ezra. All of...
by Christine | Mar 25, 2021 | Welcome Column
(Editor’s note: Here is one of my favorites from a couple of years ago) NOTE: The opinions expressed herein are not necessarily those of the California Bluegrass Association, anyone who plays Bluegrass, anybody has ever listened to Bluegrass or who has ever even seen...
by Christine | Mar 24, 2021 | Welcome Column
A blast from a Spring past.. Listening to spring training baseball on the radio, and eagerly welcoming opening for this season, I am struck once again by the intricate connections between bluegrass and baseball. This time, it was the pace and attitude I noticed....
by Christine | Mar 22, 2021 | Welcome Column
(Editor’s Note: Here’s one of Henry’s efforts from 2009) Every now and then, we find ourselves in jams that are so much fun that we stay in them for hours. The weather’s great, you have a compatible bunch of pickers, the perfect mix of instruments, and a blissful...
by Christine | Mar 21, 2021 | Welcome Column
Last night I was washing the dishes, streaming an online feed that I like to listen to and a Cat Stevens (as he was known then) song popped up. I was immediately transformed, transported, magically transmogrified to a different place and time…it was really jarring....
by Christine | Mar 20, 2021 | Welcome Column
(Editor’s note: Here’s on of Maggie’s from a couple years back. We need this sort of list because hopefully soon we will have turned the COVID corner and we’ll need good songs to play with each other again.) A couple years ago, the Bluegrass Situation published...
