by Christine | Mar 4, 2015 | Welcome Column
Live music is, of course, first and foremost an aural experience. The chance to hear beautiful music played by fine musicians is the main reason we go to musical events. We can experience great music through recorded media, too, but we know that the excitement of a...
by Christine | Sep 14, 2016 | Welcome Column
Sometimes, It’s hard to find a public venue for bluegrass jams. Many establishments don’t see them as much of draw, and don’t want to risk alienating clients who don’t like bluegrass music. To be fair, the quality of the music in a jam can be wildly variable, so the...
by Christine | Feb 12, 2020 | Welcome Column
Live music is, of course, first and foremost an aural experience. The chance to hear beautiful music played by fine musicians is the main reason we go to musical events. We can experience great music through recorded media, too, but we know that the excitement of a...
by Christine | Sep 20, 2020 | Welcome Column
If I only had a crystal banjo…I could make dozens of pennies telling the futures of everyone and everything bluegrass. Folks would flock to me from miles around to have their for-tunes told (or sung), I would be able to make money on the stock market, or maybe at...
by Christine | Aug 2, 2020 | Welcome Column
This morning Lynn asked me if I still ha dreams about the festival at Grass Valley. Of course, I said, in fact last night I dreamed about the time I lost my fiddle on the way to the Fathers Day Bluegrass Festival…I was in no particular hurry to make the three...
by Christine | Nov 20, 2011 | Welcome Column
I have come to realize that my columns range from the silly to the mundane to just plain weird……and that they might occasionally reveal too much of my psyche, philosophies, politics, other personal thoughts….and touch on subjects generally frowned on in the world of...
by Christine | Aug 26, 2017 | Welcome Column
I have come to realize that my columns range from the silly to the mundane to just plain weird……and that they might occasionally reveal too much of my psyche, philosophies, politics, other personal thoughts….and touch on subjects generally frowned on in the world of...
by Christine | Jan 13, 2014 | Welcome Column
(Editor’s Note: Bert’s column was written for yesterday, Sunday the 12th; however, the web master prudently poured every last ounce of energy he could muster into making the long drive from Bakersfield to the mid-Sierra Mountains and hence Dr. Bert’s piece on “lost...
by Christine | Feb 17, 2020 | Welcome Column
Let’s talk Louvin Brothers. They hold a special place in music history and their music is hard to categorize. Some bluegrass fans love them as i do while others would rather listen to music that more tightly fits the mold that evolved out of the original Bill Monroe...
by Christine | Feb 9, 2020 | Welcome Column
Let’s talk Louvin Brothers. They hold a special place in music history and their music is hard to categorize. Some bluegrass fans love them as i do while others would rather listen to music that more tightly fits the mold that evolved out of the original Bill Monroe...
