by Christine | Oct 12, 2011 | Welcome Column
October provides some stark contrasts for the bluegrass world, at least for us CBA folks. Early October features (often simultaneously) the annual Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival in San Francisco, and the International Bluegrass Music Association (IBMA) signature...
by Christine | Apr 19, 2017 | Welcome Column
We all have to make decisions every single day about what to do. You can’t do everything, so you have to choose this or that. You don’t even think you’re making a decision most of the time. Most of these little decisions are absurdly trivial: wear this pair of pants...
by Christine | Aug 16, 2008 | Welcome Column
From the moment that I first attended a bluegrass campout, I felt that my stars had finally lined up and all was correct with my universe. It was a cold, wet March, and I was oblivious to the elements. Basically, I was numb from the experience of being in the middle...
by Christine | Jul 31, 2020 | Welcome Column
Last night I remembered that I had to write today’s welcome message, seein’ as to how it was gettin’ to be the fourth Thursday of the month. What to write about? There’s a number of things that have happened to me in my long Bluegrass journey...
by Christine | Oct 25, 2007 | Welcome Column
Last night I remembered that I had to write today’s welcome message, seein’ as to how it was gettin’ to be the fourth Thursday of the month. What to write about? There’s a number of things that have happened to me in my long Bluegrass journey...
by Christine | Mar 28, 2010 | Welcome Column
Usually when I sit down to write my monthly welcome column, I have a topic in mind and make mental and “sticky” notes of things I want to include. This month happens to be the exception. I was waiting for an inspiration that never came until late this week. I had...
by Christine | Jul 3, 2011 | Welcome Column
I’m fixing on going out to our local butcher shop and buying enough meat to feed about two pounds to the person. It will be marinated for two days and then barbequed to a perfect medium-rare. There’ll be about a pound of homemade potato salad and coleslaw per plate....
by Christine | Feb 12, 2018 | Welcome Column
I don’t know the last time I got to review an “I told you” album in Bluegrass. Normally it’s an accomplishment only found in classic rock, when an exceptional band shows that what made their sound so unique at their origins is now the sound of the era. Dark Side of...
by Christine | Jan 28, 2017 | Welcome Column
I don’t think I’ve shared much with you about my Grandmother, Stella. Most certainly, the single-most influential woman in my young life: if there is such a thing as a soul mate, she surely was mine. Grandma was one of those women that had a swagger...
by Christine | May 22, 2013 | Welcome Column
It’s not uncommon at a festival for a band onstage – even the big time acts – to introduce one of the players as a fill-in for a regular band member who was not available for this particular show. You know the words: “Let’s give a big shout out to Percy...
