Author: Chris Jones

From The Side of the Road… flogging CDs from the stage in 2025

I’ve discussed the issue of CD sales here in the past. Disregard whatever I may have said before because there have…

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From The Side of the Road… 2025 Bluegrass Quiz!

It’s time for the annual bluegrass quiz, which fills some readers with excitement, others with dread, and still others with the…

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From The Side of the Road… unnecessary musical accessories

Happy New Year! Next week it will be our annual Bluegrass Knowledge Test (or whatever it’s being called now), so be…

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From The Side of the Road… you will be visited by three spirits

Merry Christmas to all! I’ve been given the day off (with pay), though when I told my boss here, John Lawless,…

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From The Side of the Road… in response to A Bluegrass Christmas

Last week it was announced here in Bluegrass Today that there was a Hallmark-esque Christmas movie (actually from Imagicomm Entertainment) with…

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From The Side of the Road… can you count on me?

I recently encountered one of the more pointless and irritating social media threads I’ve seen, at least since the 2024 election….

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From The Side of the Road… post-Thanksgiving bluegrass shopping ideas

We’ve just made it through Thanksgiving, and I chose the phrase “made it through” deliberately. Let’s be honest, for all people’s…

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From The Side of the Road… using bluegrass to deflect difficult Thanksgiving conversations

I want to wish you and yours a very happy Thanksgiving. Mine is a simple one: I’m up in the frozen…

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From The Side of the Road… are banjo players a moon sign?

I’ve become very disillusioned with the zodiac, I have to admit. First there were the overly general daily horoscopes: “Make sound…

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From The Side of the Road… have I got a theme for you!

Greetings from Germany, where I’m on tour playing some duo shows with Paolo Ercoli. On Friday of this week (3:00 p.m….

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