by Christine | Jun 28, 2013 | Welcome Column
How many you have tried a lesson with your favorite bluegrass performer via Skype? What’s Skype you might ask? Well, if you don’t know what Skype is, I’m going to let you Wikipedia that one and then come back to me. I’ll wait a couple of minutes…. Okay, got it? Read...
by Christine | Apr 16, 2010 | Welcome Column
Today’s column from Ted Lehmann Friday, April 16, 2010 What makes some bands work while others fall to the sidelines or putter along getting dates and making some money, but never rising to the top? Why is it that certain groups with impeccable musical...
by Christine | Mar 30, 2020 | Welcome Column
In 1977 a good friend and I drove up to Grass Valley on Fathers Day weekend to what we THOUGHT was a blues festival. Turned out to be a bluegrass music festival and that mistake turned out to be far and away the most profound misunderstanding of my life. It simply...
by Christine | Jan 24, 2014 | Welcome Column
Today’s “Welcome Column” is dedicated to the “Great 48.” This is the California Bluegrass Association’s (CBA) smaller version of “inside grass” venues like the Wintergrass Festival up in Washington State, or the IBMA gathering last year in North Carolina; all within...
by Christine | Mar 30, 2016 | Welcome Column
It’s Portable I spent a weekend at a cabin in Lake Tahoe, and the place we stayed had a Martin guitar in it. It was there when we arrived (although we brought several other guitars). We played in the living room, we played in the kitchen and we played on the porch. I...
by Christine | Jan 10, 2016 | Welcome Column
Hello folks, I’m at the Great 48 in Bakersfield, where at 3 AM I can still hear music. Here’s my post from last year about training to Bakersfield. I decided to drive this year but I saw some folks just getting in off the train the other day and they had...
