by Christine | Nov 12, 2010 | Welcome Column
The election’s over. Not just the CBA board elections (though that was a nail biter). The right people won that one. But the BIG one….whether the right one or the wrong one won depends, I guess, on which side of the aisle you stand on. Now when it comes to politics...
by Christine | Jul 22, 2008 | Welcome Column
Respect and Performance Attire Today’s column from Ted Lehmann Tuesday, July 22, 2008 (Editor’s note: Ted is a blogger back in New Hampshire and he’s give us permission to use a piece he wrote this past Saturday on bluegrass band attire. Yes, you heard us...
by Christine | Sep 13, 2019 | Welcome Column
(Editor’s Note: Re-posting one of Ted’s from a decade ago. Still resonates. RC)There’s been a good deal of discussion during the past week on Bluegrass-L (the bluegrass mailing list for IBMA members and some others) about the dress of bluegrass bands and...
by Christine | Jul 12, 2013 | Welcome Column
I’m thinking about retirement tonight. Been thinking about it a lot lately. Thinking about how nice it would be to get up in the morning and not have to waste a thought on anything having to do with whatever I’ve had to waste my thoughts on for the last thirty or so...
by Christine | Dec 1, 2010 | Welcome Column
This weekend, I will be playing at the Brookdale Bluegrass Festival, and it will have some poignancy for me. Brookdale was the first festival I ever played, back in 2003. I remember it like it was yesterday….(here’s where I stroke my chin thoughtfully and the scene...
by Christine | Oct 15, 2018 | Welcome Column
Today officially begins our 2018 fall campout in Lodi. I hope to see you all there. This year marks our sixth visit there for the fall get-together. And come spring we’ll be right back there with the added fun of a first class fiddle contest in our midst.When most...
by Christine | Mar 13, 2017 | Welcome Column
Blue Mafia is probably the best band you’ve never heard of. Sure, their sound can be heard throughout the bluegrass airwaves since their 2014 release ‘Pray For Rain’, but they have not made a dent in the festival circuit and certainly not out west where I...
by Christine | Jan 11, 2016 | Welcome Column
Last year, wow that is weird to say, was very eventful for Chris Thile. He got married, was announced as the next full time host of Prairie Home Companion, and The Punch Brothers released a new project called The Wireless late in the year. This 5 track EP consists of...
by Christine | Sep 12, 2016 | Welcome Column
Edgar Loudermilk has been playing second banana for a while. Of course when Loudermilk is not the centerpiece of a band, you end up with all-star out fits like IIIrd Tyme Out. And him playing second banana to Dave Adkins was one of the most impressive duos in recent...
by Christine | Jul 4, 2020 | Welcome Column
Larry Stephenson Brings his Brand of Soothe Grass again on Weep Little WillowI remember seeing the Larry Stephenson Band about ten years ago at the Father’s Day Bluegrass Festival. It was terrible. Compared to all the other acts that I had seen or was going to see,...
