by Christine | Aug 17, 2014 | Welcome Column
I came across an interesting read this week entitled “Why the Summer Festival Bubble is About to Burst”. You can find this rather long discussion on the economics of festivals at http://www.wonderingsound.com/feature/too-many-summer-music-festivals. Now granted, the...
by Christine | Jun 22, 2020 | Welcome Column
The setting is the Midsummer Festival, at the fairgrounds of Nevada County in Grass Valley, California. I believe August of 1992. It may have been 1991 or 1993, but after a stroke and heart attack in years past, not to mention having been diagnosed with...
by Christine | Jul 25, 2019 | Welcome Column
Daily Grist: The more I try to understand women, the more I love my old truck.Here is a story that was conveyed to me by my friend Herb Pederson about 10 or 15 years ago. It had to do with the perils of the road musician’s ability to remember where he is at and...
by Christine | Mar 7, 2012 | Welcome Column
Airplanes fly on an amazingly simple principle – when air flows over the wing, it creates lift. It’s an astonishing thing. The engine that powered the Wright Brothers’ plane had only 25 horsepower, but it got that homemade vehicle going fast enough...
by Christine | Sep 29, 2010 | Welcome Column
Bluegrass is a folk music all right, but don’t tell a folkie that. And you’d best not try plying folk music at a bluegrass jam. Last night, I played at a jam session that featured yet another folk music: blues. A week later, the same venue will host a jam with another...
by Christine | May 7, 2017 | Welcome Column
How are we all doing with our New Year’s Resolutions? This is my January column that I wanted to revisit.Time to reflect on all that happened in the past year. Also time to look forward to the next. Some will make one resolution. Some will make more. Some...
by Christine | Jul 12, 2016 | Welcome Column
(Editor’s Note: Reaching all the way back to 2009 for this one. RC)Art always seemed more important to me than much of what others place value on. I’m not really sure why I’ve always felt that way, but I have. My family were common folk. My father...
by Christine | Aug 14, 2009 | Welcome Column
(Editor?s Note?Rumor has it that Cliff?s new book of poetry, this one dedicated to the music he loves, will be out and available on Tuesday. More information next week.) Art always seemed more important to me than much of what others place value on. I?m not really...
by Christine | Aug 10, 2016 | Welcome Column
I watch a lot of live music – I mean really watch. And I listen too – really listen. Some performances are moving and some not so much. Oddly, there’s not a perfect correlation to talent level or competence. I have watched beginners give their all and it...
by Christine | Apr 6, 2008 | Welcome Column
Last night I watched the movie, “A River Runs Trough It.” It wasn’t the first time I had seen the film, but it had been many years since I had first viewed it and I thought I’d enjoy seeing it again. It was as good as I remembered it to be. The movie’s emotional...
