Opinion / Humor

This is, according to my count (I at least waited until I came up with the same number twice), my 300th column for Bluegrass Today. On the occasion of my 200th column, I gave a quiz, and I didn’t think

If you’ve followed recent news (and I don’t recommend that you do), you may have seen that Facebook has taken a beating this week due to controversy related to, well, controversial things that I don’t fully understand but they sound

St. Patrick’s Day is fast approaching, and we opted to end our band’s Ireland tour just before the rush. I thought this would be a good time for some random observations related to the tour, but first a word about

Oh my word... they're back again. Those radio rascals from Bitter End, TN are back with another episode of The Darrell Brothers Podcast! It's been many months since we've heard the wit and wisdom of Darrell, and his co-host, Darrell, so

Greetings from Ireland, where I’m currently on tour. Have you ever housed a bluegrass band? You know, put them up in your own home after a show, or maybe en route to one? I was musing on this subject while on this

It’s time for another etiquette-drenched edition of Mr. Bluegrass Manners. I’ve been sifting through my file of questions (which I’ve decided to label “File of Questions”) and here are the latest: Dear Mr. Bluegrass Manners, Could you tell me the proper way

The other night, I had the chance to attend a concert by Frank Solivan and Dirty Kitchen with a few friends 40 and younger. One was new to bluegrass, one a recent convert from a long dormant classical career, and

If you saw my heartfelt apology video last week, you’ll know that I have put together a fact-checking panel which is already hard at work (though I should note that both the Dalai Lama and Hulk Hogan were no-shows, and

This week Chris responds to the feedback over his "Fake News" column from January 31.

You may have seen the recent story in Bluegrass Today, reassuring potential Nashville SPBGMA attendees that there will in fact be jamming at the Sheraton Music City this weekend, and plenty of it, contrary to recent rumors suggesting that jamming