by Christine | May 23, 2010 | Welcome Column
A few years ago, a group of my musical buddies and I were asked to provide live music for a fiftieth anniversary celebration which was to be held on New Years Eve down at Lake Havasu. Since we are Snowbirds and were headed there for the winter months anyway, we agreed...
by Christine | May 17, 2019 | Welcome Column
You’ve heard it. You’ve listened to it many times. You like it. You love it. You’ve tried to sing it. You did sing it. You memorized it. That’s right. The catchy song penned and sung by Tim O’Brien with Hot Rize, “Nellie Kane.”“What?” Some of you may say. You don’t...
by Christine | Aug 19, 2017 | Welcome Column
A couple of years ago I read an article that cited research from MIT suggesting that “human brains don’t just recognize music – our evolution has actually produced a dedicated neural circuit for it.” The researchers were excited about how continued studies might...
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...
