by Bert Daniel | Aug 10, 2024 | Welcome Column
(Editor’s note: One of my favorite welcome columnists and picking buddies over the years has been Marcos Alvira. Marcos knows a lot about bluegrass, baseball and a lot of other things. Here is one of Marcos’s columns from way back. I hope you have as much fun...
by Bert Daniel | Aug 7, 2024 | Welcome Column
Bluegrass music, like all music, relies on accurate rhythm to make it sound right. When we play music together we have to find the groove and adjust appropriately to the prevailing rhythm of our ensemble. Some people tend to speed up and some people try to control...
by Bert Daniel | Jul 28, 2024 | Welcome Column
(Editor’s Note: If there is one person who lives and breathes bluegrass campouts, it’s Deb Livermore. This tireless volunteer has organized countless events where the rest of us just sit around having fun, drinking beer and picking. Deb is a gal who makes things...
by Bert Daniel | Jul 17, 2024 | Welcome Column
Bluegrass fans are not that much different from average people and most of us from time to time like to watch feature films. If you asked a random bluegrass fan to name a popular film about bluegrass they would most likely mention Oh Brother Where Art Thou, a film by...
by Bert Daniel | Jun 3, 2024 | Welcome Column
Bluegrass is now an international music genre. People just like us love it all over the world and one of those places is the United Kingdom. It makes sense because so much of our Bluegrass musical influence comes from the British Isles. A few years ago I was able to...
by Bert Daniel | May 31, 2024 | Uncategorized, Welcome Column
If there’s one single thing Bluegrass needs in order to maintain its place as a legitimate distinct music genre it might be ensuring that we have a constant supply of three fingered banjo pickers. There are certainly good bands that play great Bluegrass without a...
