by Christine | Dec 30, 2015 | Welcome Column
A lot of us love the jamming aspect to playing music, and bluegrass is more focused on jamming as a social act than most forms of music. Like any social interaction, our first encounter with people new to us is a one-of-a-kind experience: The First Impression. By...
by Christine | May 5, 2020 | Welcome Column
So it happened again. Somebody just asked me about recording an album in analog format. Reasons for recording an album on analog tape:1 Help analog tape manufacturers maintain a positive self-image and sense of worth.2 Hi-fidelity...
by Christine | Oct 10, 2016 | Welcome Column
As some of you know the annual IBMA awards show took place a few weeks ago in Raleigh, North Carolina, and unfortunately I couldn’t be there like I was previously. Regardless, the award recipients are not stuck in a vacuum and whether I was there or not the IBMA’s...
by Christine | Feb 26, 2019 | Welcome Column
THE SINCEREST FORM OF FLATTERY MAY BE A SIMPLE ACT OF SHARING- Charles BradyWhat do we owe artists? I think we could agree that we owe them, as a minimum, full ownership of their creations, always and forever. We need to remind ourselves and others that a particular...
by Christine | Dec 14, 2020 | Welcome Column
Flatt Lonesome has always been an enigma to me. On one end they are some of the most innovative, young and energetic musicians out there, on the other hand, their biggest strength is their three part vocals which hindered their song selection early in their careers....
by Christine | Jun 17, 2012 | Welcome Column
One of my favorite poets is ee Cummings. He isn’t everyone’s cup of tea and is known for playing with punctuation and spelling in his verse, but what I incorrectly attribute to cummings is something often billed as the shortest poem written entitled Fleas. “Adam...
by Christine | Aug 30, 2014 | Welcome Column
(Editor’s Note: Lordy Lord where does the time go. Seems like the day before yesterday that Dave Williams, Bay Area bassist, agreed to give Welcoming a shot. “You can always just toss it if you need to,” he allowed, but we never have. Dave got his Welcomers voice...
by Christine | Mar 17, 2015 | Welcome Column
I found this passage on a wall hanging in the Redhook Brewery in Woodinville, WA (Seattle) describing the qualities of a writer and somehow relating it to brewing beer. Actually, this passage was hung in multiple spots in the brewery and the connected pub. A...
by Christine | Oct 6, 2016 | Welcome Column
(Editor’s note–Can you believe it, over four years of writing Welcome columns and today is the FIRST TIME Dave forgot it was up to bat. Wish all of our writers were that dependable. Here’s one of Dave’s earliest, from 2012. ...
by Christine | Feb 23, 2018 | Welcome Column
I found this passage on a wall hanging in the Redhook Brewery in Woodinville, WA (Seattle) describing the qualities of a writer and somehow relating it to brewing beer. Actually, this passage was hung in multiple spots in the brewery and the connected pub.A...
