by Christine | Jun 26, 2013 | Welcome Column
As so often happens in June, I have had occasion to hear tons of music being performed over the past few weeks. There was Grass Valley of course, with music everywhere you turn, and there have been concerts and jams all over the place as well, with a variety of...
by Christine | Dec 20, 2017 | Welcome Column
Sorry I am late with this – I’ve been busy! Read on (flashback column from two years ago -seems even more timely now!)I am just about to finish another season of the best job in the world: Playing Santa for our town. Martinez has a little red house...
by Christine | Nov 19, 2014 | Welcome Column
What is the future of bluegrass? What do we want it to be? For some, bluegrass should progress in a thick, straight line, embracing, celebrating and emulating the sounds and songs of the beloved pioneers of the music. Banjo playing must sound like Earl Scruggs, or JD...
by Christine | Sep 28, 2012 | Welcome Column
I haven’t started to pack my bags or change my banjo strings as I write this on Thursday night but by this time tomorrow, I should be in North Adams, Massachusetts for FreshGrass, an exciting new progressive bluegrass festival held on the grounds and in the converted...
by Christine | Apr 25, 2016 | Welcome Column
THE DAILY GRIST…”Our passions are the true phoenixes – when the old one is burnt out, a new one rises from its ashes.”- Johann von Goethe After 15 years, one annual Southern California bluegrass music festival did not happen last month. The City of Temecula...
by Christine | Sep 28, 2011 | Welcome Column
Anyone that plays music semi-seriously will encounter, sooner or later, the Big Three Rings of the Musical Circus. The first ring is jamming. It’s how most of us start out and how we learn to play consistently, and interact with other musicians. As I’ve said before,...
