Opinion / Humor

There are lots of things we need to be careful of in the holiday season, like making sure we remember where we parked in a crowded shopping mall lot, or making sure not to leave gluten-free cookies out for Santa

There's been an exciting new development at Bluegrass Today. I think it's even bigger than the recent breaking of the personnel change story that rocked the industry: "Brian Hampton to Kryspy Rydge." It may even be bigger than the installation

Whenever you search something or ask a question of the Almighty Internet gods (whose names are Pete and Roscoe) on your computer, the usual procedure is to type a question in the search bar at the top of your internet

I'm sitting in a hospital bed in Germany after an unfortunate fall on some stairs that left me with broken ribs and a ruptured spleen, but quite a bit of time. This was during a tour, and naturally I had

What began as a harmless case of missing snacks has now escalated into what experts are calling "the most Appalachian feud since the Hatfields and McCoys switched to decaf." The self-proclaimed "music phenomenon" known as The Cleverlys, along with Darren Nicholson

I was recently sent a press release about a song that claimed it's the "Hotel California of bluegrass" (because you can never leave?), and it got me thinking about these kinds of comparisons: "The American Pie of Bluegrass," "The Mick

I want to describe a scene at a typical bluegrass concert or festival that will probably be familiar to both artist and fan, and it may cause each to shudder just a little: A fan walks up to a performer while

Perhaps it was the approach of Halloween, or perhaps the post-IBMA World of Bluegrass mental fatigue, but my mind has suddenly turned to the macabre.  More specifically, I've begun thinking about the writing on headstones. Epitaphs are often fascinating, sometimes horrifying,

Chris returns to a video format for his new October column, seeing if classic bluegrass songs can fit a contemporary country ballad template. After a brief introduction, he puts his theory to the test, with mixed results. Feel free to take

In a previous column I delved into the bluegrass analogy, which when used properly (adhering strictly to state and local guidelines on bluegrass analogy use), can be a method of explaining various things to bluegrass musicians and fans who might