by Christine | Sep 22, 2012 | Welcome Column
I spent the weekend watching a lot of bluegrass on stage, some from the professional side of our genre and some from the still-amateur-but-quickly-moving-up side of the industry. It was a weekend with shining examples on both ends of the professional spectrum. The...
by Christine | Dec 17, 2015 | Welcome Column
We have officially entered the part of the year that I struggle with the most. Every year I dread the holidays, for both rational and irrational reasons. It bothers me that Thanksgiving and Christmas have been reduced to nothing more than reasons to spend money. I...
by Christine | Jul 15, 2019 | Welcome Column
(Editor’s Note: We’re running Mark’s Welcome column again because it’s so important. Nothing surpasses the importance of a smart, mature, fair-minded board of directors in ensuring that our Association continues to thrive. RC)It is time...
by Christine | Sep 17, 2019 | Welcome Column
Whether it’s helping you with your wrist bands or sitting for hours at board meetings each week or writing for the Breakdown or web site, hundreds of people give back to the Association in their own way. But then there’s the vast majority of members who do...
by Christine | Nov 14, 2010 | Welcome Column
It was quite a few years ago and I was on my way to Nashville. I was exhausted. It seemed like I’d been driving forever. The road was really getting to me and I figured I’d better get a motel room and rest up so that I could have an easy drive the next...
by Christine | Mar 30, 2011 | Welcome Column
When I played rock and roll, I played countless parties, doing cover versions. It was same playing high school dances – the audiences wanted to hear cover tunes, and that’s what your band had to do. In a lot of cases, to get the gig, you were expected to submit a song...
by Christine | May 17, 2009 | Welcome Column
“For a good many years,” says Mack, “I’ve thought that if I ever had extravagant money I’d rent a two-room cabin somewhere, hire a Chinaman to cook, and sit in my stocking feet and read Buckle’s History of Civilization.” “That sounds self-indulgent and gratifying...
by Christine | Dec 3, 2020 | Welcome Column
“For a good many years,” says Mack, “I’ve thought that if I ever had extravagant money I’d rent a two-room cabin somewhere, hire a Chinaman to cook, and sit in my stocking feet and read Buckle’s History of Civilization.”“That sounds self-indulgent and gratifying...
by Christine | Dec 9, 2019 | Welcome Column
Those who know me may be surprised to hear this will be my first coverage of an exclusively instrumental album. I have done reviews of projects from the likes of Bryan Sutton and Michael Cleveland, but they obviously believed their talents were served just as well...
by Christine | Nov 1, 2017 | Welcome Column
One of the very best things about bluegrass is jamming, right? Nothing presents a quintessential picture of a bluegrass festival like folks hanging around in lawn chairs picking in the shade, voices joined in joyous harmony. But for some folks, jamming is stressful....
