by Christine | Oct 1, 2016 | Welcome Column
The following text is an excerpt from the book “High Lonesome Below Sea Level: Stories and Faces of Bluegrass Music in the Netherlands” by Loes van Schaijk and Marieke Odekerken. The book can be ordered in the webshop of the Bluegrass Music Museum or the...
by Christine | Nov 5, 2016 | Welcome Column
(The following text is an excerpt from the book “High Lonesome Below Sea Level: Stories and Faces of Bluegrass Music in the Netherlands” by Loes van Schaijk and Marieke Odekerken. The book can be ordered in the webshop of the Bluegrass Music Museum or the...
by Christine | Apr 15, 2012 | Welcome Column
Camping at a fairground has its pluses and minuses. On one hand, the livestock seems to really enjoy all the music and grunts, baa’s, and bleats wholehearted appreciation while not complaining about how late we are playing. On the other hand, I sometimes have a...
by Christine | Mar 26, 2014 | Welcome Column
I like playing music. I bet a lot of you like doing it to. And, nine times out of ten, it’s a no brainer. You grab your instrument and attend a jam or a gig. Piece of cake, right? Not so fast! Evil forces are at work, conspiring to keep you from the musical enjoyment...
by Christine | Apr 3, 2019 | Welcome Column
I like playing music. I bet a lot of you like doing it to. And, nine times out of ten, it’s a no brainer. You grab your instrument and attend a jam or a gig. Piece of cake, right? Not so fast! Evil forces are at work, conspiring to keep you from the musical enjoyment...
by Christine | Jul 1, 2017 | Welcome Column
I love most animals—my Lab Alex and my Border Collie Sid are at the top of the list. There are a few animals that just sort of creep me out (snakes for example), even fewer that I don’t like (parrots for example), but there’s only one kind of animal that I can...
by Christine | Feb 6, 2004 | Welcome Column
I love most animals—my Lab Alex and my Border Collie Sid are at the top of the list. There are a few animals that just sort of creep me out (snakes for example), even fewer that I don’t like (parrots for example), but there’s only one kind of animal that I can...
by Christine | Jul 19, 2011 | Welcome Column
This is the time of year when many musicians spend almost as much time inside an airplane or tour vehicle as they do at home. While I’m not out on the road as much as many of my bluegrass musician friends, I have traveled enough to see how the road itself can, in its...
by Christine | Jan 6, 2019 | Welcome Column
Pay it forward: a term originating in ancient Greece, and used by folks from Ben Franklin to Robert A. Heinlein, describing the beneficiary of a good deed repaying it to others instead of to the original benefactor.(The following story occurred as a result of my...
by Christine | Aug 24, 2019 | Welcome Column
As I sit here and write this, I am on the heels of my Mother’s sister, Auntie Niece, leaving after a three day visit. She is 94 now, and though she has a smile of a 20 year old and that ever-sparkly glint of love in her eyes, when you speak to her… she is...
