by Christine | Apr 11, 2010 | Welcome Column
Next year is a very important year for Bluegrass fans everywhere because it marks the centenary year of the man who, more than any other, gave us the art form we now call Bluegrass. I don’t know about you but I plan to party the whole year! I figure we all have one...
by Christine | Jan 10, 2017 | Welcome Column
I have a hard time listening. Surely, this addmission will come of no great surprise to my girl. Oh, I know what you’re going to say (insert many funny responses, I’ve heard most all). But, that’s not all of what I mean. What I mean...
by Christine | Jun 28, 2020 | Welcome Column
This is a replay of an interview originally published in the CBA Breakdown in June of 2019 for the Fathers Day Festival. editionMaddie is mandolin player and vocalist in the Boston-based Lonely Heartstring Band, which just released its third album, Smoke...
by Christine | Dec 13, 2020 | Welcome Column
(With apologies to the late great “King of Bluegrass”, Jimmy Matin)I talked to my doctor he says I’m all rightI know that he’s lying, I’m trembling with frightHe should have considered just what was his task2020 COVID and walkin’ ‘round maskedI called them again. I...
by Christine | May 19, 2013 | Welcome Column
Its mornings like this I wish I didn’t have to write a Welcome column. Got up this morning, beautiful sunny morning, made a cup of tea and “groan” sat down to take care of business. I expect that my fellow columnists, talented, sensitive, folks that they are, are not...
by Christine | May 16, 2010 | Welcome Column
The answer to the ultimate question of life, the universe, and everything, we all know from The Hitch Hiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, is 42. It is amazing that it’s such a simple and transcendental answer, especially since it took a supercomputer known as “Deep Thought”...
