by Bruce Campbell | Aug 18, 2021 | Welcome Column
Since the days of the great Greek philosophers, humankind has sought to better understand the universe and gain wisdom into the mysterious workings of the universe. This is a never ending process, and we can all gain from this shared knowledge. Here are several...
by Christine | Jan 14, 2010 | Welcome Column
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by Bert Daniel | Jun 12, 2021 | Welcome Column
The Daily Grist: “I like to watch TV” (Peter Sellers, from the movie Being There) Our world has changed dramatically since the days when Bluegrass music first came onto the scene. Given all that has happened since Bill Monroe took his new band, featuring banjoist...
by Bruce Campbell | Jun 9, 2021 | Welcome Column
I’ve seen this phenomenon time and time again: You’re in a jam session, someone calls a song, and you know you’ve played some time in the distant past, then the circle begins to play it, and you remain puzzled – drawing a blank. But your hands – on your...
by Bert Daniel | Jun 4, 2021 | Welcome Column
If memory serves me correctly, I predicted back in January or February that this pandemic mess is about to get a bit better at least for us here in the USA. Responsible folks are heeding the call to get vaccinated. California along with the rest of the country looks...
by Dave Williams | Jun 3, 2021 | Welcome Column
You’d think a big mouthed bass player could change his own strings. Well, it turned out he could…but not without plenty of anxiety and angst. Coming out of the pandemic hibernation, I determined after a few jam sessions that my strings were pretty much mush. In my...
by Bert Daniel | Jun 6, 2021 | Welcome Column
“THE CHRISTIAN LIFE”: SACRED SONGS OF THE LOUVIN BROTHERS. Charlie and Ira Louvin’s music retained the identifying characteristics borrowed from shape-note singing and balladry that set them apart from their peers, and the brothers successfully created a...
by Bruce Campbell | Jun 2, 2021 | Welcome Column
Now that things are opening up to a point where folks can get together and play music, and even play gigs, it feels nice to get back into the joyous work of music. Like most folks, I enjoy wide-open “anything goes” jams where solos and harmonies parts are doled out by...
by Maggie Sokolik | May 27, 2021 | Welcome Column
Usually, at this time of year, we’d be on our way to the Strawberry Music Festival, or thinking ahead to Father’s Day Festival. Of course, those aren’t happening, but life definitely feels like it’s making its slow return after an absence. One thing that is changing...
by Bert Daniel | May 26, 2021 | Welcome Column
“When you are courting a nice girl an hour seems like a second. When you sit on a red-hot cinder a second seems like an hour. That’s relativity.” ― Albert Einstein. Time is indeed relative as my pal pointed out. Folks of a certain age become aware that time...
