Bluegrass Therapy

Here’s a paper I found while rifling through my therapist’s desk while she was out of the room. Therapeutic approaches to the treatment of bluegrass addiction Bluegrass treatment programs are in their infancy and as yet poorly understood. As a small contribution to...

People Think You’re Stupid

People think you’re stupid. 1. They think you’re going to talk over the telephone when you pick it up and discover that a robot just called you! (Come on! Like you enjoy talking to the robot when YOU call about an important issue and get the robot instead of a human?)...

A Musical Life

Living with the Covid-19 restrictions is making me (and I suspect many of us) more reflective. Our regular pattern of life, previously taken for granted, has altered. In this changing world music has turned out to be a firm anchor, often in unexpected situations. Last...

Playing Music vs Almost Anything Else

A dear friend of mine, an accomplished musician, recently told me they didn’t seem to enjoy playing music anymore. This gave me considerable pause for thought. I don’t think this feeling had to do with any specific physical ailment. I have known quite a few musicians...

Valentine’s Day

It’s Valentine’s Day, what shall we play? Probably not the only bluegrass tune I know of that actually has the word valentine in the lyrics: You can send me pretty flowers, you can sen me valentines Send me letters every day but it won’t pay Leap to my desire, nothing...