by Christine | Jun 14, 2009 | Welcome Column
Today’s guest column from Bert Daniel Sunday, June 14, 2009 Believe it or not, I’m going through baseball withdrawal syndrome just now. “What’s that?” you say. “How can you miss baseball already? It’s only June. The season has just started.” My baseball season...
by Christine | Oct 22, 2014 | Welcome Column
Bluegrass and baseball are inextricably linked. It’s a fact. Bill Monroe’s band used to challenge the local baseball teams in the towns they came through, and by all accounts, they were fierce competitors who beat the locals more often than not. Here are some other,...
by Christine | Aug 8, 2018 | Welcome Column
(Yes, this is a blast from the past, but with game 7 tonight, I thought it was appropriate!)Bluegrass and baseball are inextricably linked. It’s a fact. Bill Monroe’s band used to challenge the local baseball teams in the towns they came through, and by all accounts,...
by Christine | May 27, 2020 | Welcome Column
This is a throwback column from a few years ago, but the current events make it poignant..Bluegrass and baseball are inextricably linked. It’s a fact. Bill Monroe’s band used to challenge the local baseball teams in the towns they came through, and by all...
by Christine | Aug 9, 2020 | Welcome Column
We all have our role models. My bluegrass skills pale in comparison to some friends I am fortunate enough to have and for the most part they generously encourage my efforts to be a better musician. I wish I had been lucky enough, talented enough and dedicated enough...
by Christine | May 9, 2018 | Welcome Column
Last week, I wrote about how improvised music became popular music, through a combination of factors – including its visceral appeal, and the emergence of mass media. I want to discuss the appeal a little more, by broadening that argument to include vernacular...
by Christine | Jul 6, 2017 | Welcome Column
It’s summer gol’ dang it and I couldn’t be happier about it. It is still light out at 9:00 and I’ll gladly pay the loss of an hours sleep in early March for this, regardless of what the health experts say. Any politico that suggests messing...
by Christine | Jul 2, 2020 | Welcome Column
Another month and I’m still hanging in there, still reasonable and mostly sane. There is something to be said about maintaining both of those conditions. How about all you out there in the universe? I hope you’re at least as reasonably sane or maybe even better. Among...
by Christine | Jan 31, 2017 | Welcome Column
We be talking bass again this month. I mean the stringed instrument not the fish. You know, the doghouse, bull fiddle, bass fiddle or just plain bass (but not base). The one where you can never find more than one in a jam or band unless the band name has a city and...
by Christine | Dec 6, 2020 | Welcome Column
We be talking bass again this month. I mean the stringed instrument not the fish. You know, the doghouse, bull fiddle, bass fiddle or just plain bass (but not base). The one where you can never find more than one in a jam or band unless the band name has a city and...
