Opinion / Humor

Before a new movie rolls out, motion picture studios all have the challenging task of boiling down each release into a pithy, one sentence tagline for the movie poster and other advertising. The idea is to both summarize the concept

Sonny wasn't able to get us answers to your questions this week, so we figured it would be fun to take a look back at the second column he did, back in June 2019. Hopefully he'll be back on track for next week. You've

While trying to put songs together for the annual Mother's Day edition of my classic bluegrass show on SiriusXM known as Truegrass, I lamented once again the shortage of songs in our music about mothers who are still living. Sure,

Good morning Chief, well it's finally here... Ask Sonny # 100! On behalf of all our readers, your fans and admirers around the world, Mr. Lawless and myself, please accept our heartfelt thanks for this weekly journey through the pages

He's back! Mr. Bluegrass Manners appears to be thriving well in the pandemic environment, or at least thriving as well as any other bluegrass etiquette specialist is right now. Recently I had to delicately point out to him that it

Well Chief, it's hard to believe, but this is Ask Sonny #99. Next week will mark the 100th column since we began this little journey nearly two years ago. I think congratulations are in order, so to everyone reading this,

Greetings from the studio! My band and I are in the studio all this week and time has run short, what with oboe overdubs and getting basic rhythm tracks for our much-requested medley of No School Bus in Heaven and

Good morning Chief, I hope you get this. When I got off the bus last week we were in 1996, I turned around and you boys were gone. Very funny. Fortunately we have dial-up internet. I'm out front here at Bean Blossom...reading

Well it's been an interesting week for reader/viewer commentary. In this time of heightened sensitivity, and when almost everything is squeezed into a political "us vs. them" mold, I knew some pushback was inevitable. Is it fair game to satirize conspiracy theorists,

Hey Good morning Chief! We just swung by the electronic post office, and we have a bag of questions for you. Hey, there's some doozies in here. Be forewarned, we have an onion and a glass of water next to