by Christine | Nov 22, 2020 | Welcome Column
My head is filled with book orders and anatomy trivia and biology and scholarships. (Did you know the nose remembers about 50,000 different smells, but our olfactory sense shuts down when we sleep?) I hope you’ll get a smile from this re-run of my first “Bluegrassian...
by Christine | Sep 15, 2018 | Welcome Column
(A continuing series of interviews loosely based on the “Proust Questionnaire” – bluegrass style!)So, give me a show of hands, people: can you name anyone in bluegrass who has NOT played with Keith Little? [cue ambient cricket noise]That’s right. Virtually...
by Christine | Jul 23, 2020 | Welcome Column
Whether Lisa Burns is performing onstage or teaching a workshop, you’ll notice that she is always in motion to the music. Performer, recording artist, five-time winner of the Northern California Bluegrass Society’s Bass Player of the Year award, and known aficionado...
by Christine | Oct 5, 2020 | Welcome Column
Nine time winner of IBMA Fiddle Performer of the Year Award. Scorching hot fiddler with a knack for blowing the audience into a different spectrum. Known cohort of Bluegrass luminaries like Bill Monroe, Rhonda Vincent, Jim and Jesse, Mac Wiseman, Doc Watson, Ralph...
by Christine | Nov 15, 2018 | Welcome Column
Michael Lewis. Humble craftsman of legendary mandolins and arch-top guitars. Beloved miracle worker and savior of damaged instruments. A wizard of luthiery. His instruments are discussed in reverential tones during jam circles, and those folk who own a Lewis creation...
by Christine | Sep 15, 2020 | Welcome Column
Michael Lewis. Humble craftsman of legendary mandolins and arch-top guitars. Beloved miracle worker and savior of damaged instruments. A wizard of luthiery. His instruments are discussed in reverential tones during jam circles, and those folk who own a Lewis creation...
by Christine | Jan 5, 2020 | Welcome Column
With jam-packed touring dates, prolific song writing, an upcoming solo album, and creative music collaborations, you’d think that Molly Tuttle keeps an impossible schedule. And you’d be right. Oh! She’s in Sweden again? No, it’s Boston, I think. Wait, I know she’s...
by Christine | Jul 5, 2020 | Welcome Column
Fiddle. Check. Mandolin. Check. Ukelele. Check. Traditional bluegrass, old country, Hawaiian slack key and everything in between. Check. Fiddle and mandolin luthier. Check. Soon-to-be ukelele luthier. Check. One of the rebel instigators of the annual Hicks/Dabney...
by Christine | Apr 6, 2019 | Welcome Column
Sure, Pete Siegfried is a notable singer, songwriter, and mandolinist. And sure, he’s got an enviable musical pedigree. But Pete has that something that can’t be defined, and is only wielded by the real musicians of the heart. With Pete there is no separation between...
by Christine | Dec 1, 2020 | Welcome Column
Due to extenuating circumstances that I don’t need to bore you all with, I wasn’t able to write a column for today, so I decided to repost the first half of my interview with Roland White from 2011, which was one of my first columns. It’s a rather...
