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...
by Christine | May 6, 2018 | Welcome Column
Generally, I’ve been lucky in love. I say generally because there have been some, well, lonely periods in my life. Brief but painful. One such was my freshman year in college. The fall and winter of 1966 was a desolate year. A drought of a year girls-wise. So,...
by Christine | Dec 27, 2013 | Welcome Column
Good morning from Whiskey Creek, where…oh, forget it, you know the drill. I’ll just get right to the point. Everybody’s got a favorite holiday and, it’s been proved in more than a dozen and a half psychology doctoral dissertations, a least favorite. I’m living proof...
by Christine | Dec 31, 2007 | Welcome Column
Dear friends, Here we are at the last Welcome of 2007. It was a year that came with some sadness and I pray will leave with some hope. We lost a number of our community members, most lately Jack Freeman who was a darned nice guy and will be missed when the wagons...
by Christine | Jan 6, 2018 | Welcome Column
This is a true story. Sad, but true.Generally, I’ve been lucky in love. I say generally because there have been some, well, lonely periods in my life. Brief but painful. One such was my freshman year in college. The fall and winter of 1966 was a desolate year. A...
