by Christine | Apr 10, 2016 | Welcome Column
The Daily Grist: “My ideal summer day was reading on the porch” … Harold VarmusA porch is a wonderful place to be. If you want to be a front porch picker, you have to have a front porch. It’s just as much fun to pick on the back porch and if you have a wrap around...
by Christine | Apr 19, 2016 | Welcome Column
Avram Frankel is a Bay Area native and lifelong musician who started playing bluegrass about 10 years ago. He lives in Pacifica, California with his wife Vicki and daughter Dana, who also play bluegrass. db: Most pickers have a geographical or family connection to...
by Christine | Jul 18, 2017 | Welcome Column
Jeff Kazor founded his groundbreaking and international influential band, the Crooked Jades, in San Francisco in 1994, recording nine albums and touring the US and Europe. A producer, musicologist and composer, Jeff is also a multi-instrumental magnetic vocalist and...
by Christine | Oct 12, 2018 | Welcome Column
Katya PolovinaThis month, we talk with Katya Polovina who is a Central Valley transplant to the San Francisco Bay Area. She has quickly made her mark playing stand-up bass for many influential local bands and by all accounts having a great time to boot.db: Hi Katya....
by Christine | Jul 28, 2019 | Welcome Column
This is a re-post of an interview that previously appeared in the CBA Breakdown.Tristan Scroggins is an award-winning mandolinist and composer from Denver Colorado. He has toured extensively with his father in the critically acclaimed bluegrass band Jeff Scroggins...
by Christine | Nov 11, 2007 | Welcome Column
As soon as I saw the news on my computer screen, I went and dug out the album. That was about six weeks ago, when I noticed that Porter Wagoner had been booked for the River City Bluegrass Festival in Portland in January. The album was MThe Cold Hard Facts of Life, my...
by Christine | Jul 20, 2020 | Welcome Column
The Daily Grist: “Candy is dandy, but liquor is quicker.” (Ogden Nash}A lot of things go to waste no matter how much we try. If I put some leftovers in a container they might be spoiled by the time I find them at the back of the refrigerator a few weeks later. I like...
by Christine | Apr 27, 2010 | Welcome Column
I always like to create menus. I like to think, What is the perfect meal for this or that occasion? I make, in my mind, each component; I lay it out on the plate, I admire it, I serve it. Once I asked my husband, “What are your favorite foods? What would be your...
by Christine | Oct 10, 2019 | Welcome Column
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by Christine | Dec 9, 2012 | Welcome Column
Every now and then I hear an amusing anecdote about a ruse that somebody pulled off as a practical joke. Some of these tales are very elaborate and it can take years of preparation and or waiting to get to the punchline denouement. I’ve heard some good ones from...
