by Christine | Oct 26, 2010 | Welcome Column
Do you remember what you did in the summer of ’73? I mean, you know, like the highlight of that summer? I sure can—I was glued to the television eight hours a day watching the Watergate hearings, or watching commentary on the hearings, or reading about the hearings in...
by Christine | Jan 12, 2016 | Welcome Column
Craving an audience? Most musicians, despite the skill level, are among a group that love to share. We find music enlightening, invigorating, calming or stimulating. After learning new songs or a new lick we want to share the delight with someone else. There is...
by Christine | Mar 6, 2019 | Welcome Column
Lately, there’s been a meme appearing on Facebook that shows a pie chart illustrating a typical musician’s day. About 20% of the day is spent practicing, and there are tiny slivers of the pie for thinking about practice, fearing child prodigies and sleep, but the rest...
by Christine | Apr 15, 2018 | Welcome Column
I was getting my truck serviced yesterday and a bluegrass friend of mine was standing in the check-in line while I was paying my bill. It’s kind of funny that occasionally when I see friends out-of-context, I sometimes don’t recognize them and have to ask…is it you?...
by Christine | Jul 28, 2009 | Welcome Column
My astrological sign happens to be Cancer. And as everybody knows, you can’t teach a crab to walk straight . All my life I’ve been intrigued by things that are a little bit warped and it’s no different when it comes to my music. There are just certain tunes which...
by Christine | Nov 23, 2015 | Welcome Column
THE DAILY GRIST…“It’s not what we say about our blessings, but how we use them, is the true measure of Thanksgiving.” – W.T. PurkiserWhile watching NetFlix recently Mike & I came across a new show (to us at least) called Crossing Lines. It features a network...
by Christine | Mar 2, 2017 | Welcome Column
There is a conspiracy afoot. It being Thursday, you might think TBT but it is more TBM (throw back March). Like Bruce’s column yesterday, this is column generated some pretty good feedback when first published. I’ve reached back for one of my first 1st Thursday...
by Christine | Aug 29, 2012 | Welcome Column
If you’ve ever read the “Hooked on Bluegrass” series of stories, you’ll see that people come to embrace bluegrass music through ways and experiences as varied as snowflakes. One thing nearly all the stories have in common though – they are nearly all individual...
by Christine | Jan 21, 2013 | Welcome Column
We all face crossroads in our lives, important junctures where we could take one path or a different one. It may be a decision about which direction is better or it might be a choice about which is the lesser evil. The crossroad can be a powerful image for music...
by Christine | Oct 14, 2012 | Welcome Column
Autumn is a great time of year here in Sonoma County. Downtown Healdsburg (and I mean “downtown” in the small town sense) is pretty quiet. The summer tourist crowds are long gone. But the major thoroughfares actually get even more crowded with the...
