by Christine | Jul 19, 2018 | Welcome Column
In my humble opinion bluegrass music sounds best on a front porch, or in someone’s kitchen, or under a canopy in a festival campground.About 20 years ago when Mac Martin came to California for a series of shows I “interviewed” him for a story in the Bluegrass...
by Christine | May 8, 2015 | Welcome Column
Anybody that knows me, knows that I love gospel music. Not the kind of gospel that will make you snore on Sunday morning, the stuff that touches your heart or sets your soul on fire. Give me a black Baptist choir singing call and response gospel with a Hammond draw...
by Christine | Feb 22, 2016 | Welcome Column
”It’s friendship, friendship, just the perfect friendship. When other friendships will be forgot, ours will still be hot.”–Writer unknownIt was nice to see so many bluegrass associations represented at the Great 48 last month. And to see the many fans and...
by Christine | Jan 20, 2019 | Welcome Column
Southern Pacific locomotive number 4449, the last of the GS-4 classof locomotive’s that pulled the coast daylight train between SanFrancisco and Los Angeles. It was built in May of 1941 by the Limalocomotive Works, and it was a 4-8-4 configuration, which...
by Christine | Nov 19, 2008 | Welcome Column
The heart of Bluegrass was beating last night at the Freight and Salvage in Berkeley. It was the second of two special nights, showcasing bands who participated in the ?Take the Stage? program. Created by Nell Robinson Music, the program takes ?closet musicians? and...
by Christine | May 14, 2018 | Welcome Column
If one has read my reviews, they would realize I emphasize album cohesiveness and variety more than many fellow bluegrass writers. I do this because if bluegrass is to be recognized in the same breadth as more popular and appreciated genres, we must hold ourselves to...
by Christine | Dec 17, 2018 | Welcome Column
I’ve always thought it would be cool to be a disk jockey on the radio. Spin just the right tunes from a vast music collection for all you listeners to enjoy, just as if you were at a party with your closest friends. My little brother was a DJ in college and even...
by Christine | Dec 2, 2010 | Welcome Column
Christmas hasn’t been quite the same for the past three years. For some years prior, Henry and I had made a point of visiting my Aunt Marge in a nursing home in Alhambra every year on Christmas day which also happened to be her birthday. At first, we brought a...
by Christine | Apr 6, 2018 | Welcome Column
1.”Standing up to an enemy is tough. Standing up to your friends is tougher.”Facebook: Facebook really did seem like a good idea at the time. Sometimes with technology coming at us at like a comet folks seem to get caught up on all the great things that can happen and...
by Christine | Apr 1, 2018 | Welcome Column
Hey AllIn case you live in the boonies and don’t know what I’m talking about – Spring Camp Out is a week Full of Music, Friends and Frivolity!We get started in Turlock, CA on Monday, April 16, 2018 and play bluegrass until Sunday afternoon, April 22,...
