by Christine | Jan 19, 2019 | Welcome Column
With six months to go till the CBA Father’s Day Bluegrass Festival, I give you a compilation of festivation and camping wisdom:1. The only thing worse than having a spider in your tent is losing a spider in your tent.2. Remember to bring a large indelible marker for...
by Christine | Jun 20, 2020 | Welcome Column
A few weeks ago I attended an open jam session at an East Bay bar and restaurant. There were about a dozen pickers there from older geezers like me (one fellow who said he had actually played in a New York coffee house years ago with a young Bob Dylan) to some much...
by Christine | Nov 30, 2020 | Welcome Column
“There are all kinds of love in this world, but never the same love twice.” — F. Scott FitzgeraldIsn’t Mr. Fitzgerald on point when you pause to think of these 15 words. All strung together; all connected for reasons, deep: Each word...
by Christine | Aug 20, 2015 | Welcome Column
I tend to have writing ideas flowing through my head all the time, but as soon as I accepted the offer to write this column, all those lovely ideas disappeared into thin air. Funny how that works. But I’ve made a commitment, so I guess I’ll just start at the beginning...
by Christine | Oct 30, 2009 | Welcome Column
Late October is a great time to be on tour in the Northeast. Megan Lynch and I have been up here for about a week, performing and teaching in Maine, Massachusetts and Vermont. Fall (or as they insist on saying in England, autumn) has always been my favorite time of...
by Christine | Sep 17, 2011 | Welcome Column
Do you clean, trim, and cut your vegetables all up before you begin making the Ratatouille? Do you read your instruction manual before you will even turn on your new digital camera? Do you do your homework before you read your book, clean out the fridge before you...
by Christine | Jan 21, 2016 | Welcome Column
Well, it’s hard to believe that 2016 is here. 2015 was full of adventures and learning, heartache and pain, and plenty of joy and happiness. The second half of 2015 centered around music – I managed to fit in 4 multi-day festivals and 9 live shows. Not bad for a...
by Christine | Oct 29, 2010 | Welcome Column
This past June marked my 34th year practicing, being aggressively in search of and generally adoring bluegrass jams. Oh, and I’m just plain interested in them, too. Interested in the dynamics, the rules (or lack there of), life cycle of jams and, most especially, the...
by Christine | Oct 30, 2010 | Welcome Column
A couple of months ago, I wrote a column called Old Testament Bluegrass. At the end of that column I offered some suggested listening for Bluegrass fans who wanted a musical Cliff’s Notes style sampling of what the Old Testament is about, just by punching a few...
by Christine | Dec 31, 2018 | Welcome Column
Happy New Year my bluegrass friends. I’ve decided I’ll share my even remotely interesting tale of New Years for the Welcome column today. Because, when you think about it, why not?Generally, I’ve been lucky in love. I say generally because there have...
