Hello Troubadourians! Have you ever experimented with open or non-standard tunings? While this is mostly the domain of guitar players, other instruments such as bass guitar...
Note: Fred Gerlach was one of the few 12-string guitar players who played in the Leadbelly style back in the day. Although he never met Leadbelly,...
Laundry day. As I haul another heaping basket of laundry across the bedroom floor, I notice a pair of my favorite jeans crumpled in the corner....
In the last issue I addressed my thoughts on why bluegrass music is so popular in spite of the fact it is rarely found on commercial...
Plugging Into Better In what can only be described as some sort of grand irony, the very first musical recordings couldn’t even be played back and...
My dad was 14 years old when he hopped the Great Northern Freight Train, determined to see the world and work his way doing it. In...
Hello Troubadourians! Every year, on the third week of January, the NAMM Show comes to the Anaheim Convention Center. It’s my job to attend and check...
Southern California brings bright, crisp bluebird days this time of year–perfect for enjoying great bluegrass. Here are three good opportunities: Julian Family Fiddle Camp. Held at...
The morning sun glances off the white-capped canvas of the Pacific Ocean in a refracted bouquet of peaches, pinks, jades, and cerulean blues. Glimpses of herons...
