Chris Jones

You've no doubt heard of the "bucket list." Like "show me the money" and other  overused phrases, it has its origins in the movies. If you missed it, the bucket list is a list of things you hope to do

Last week Bluegrass Today published a rerun of my first bluegrass haiku column to help set up this new one. It turned out to be a good decision because some of the responses I got helped me learn valuable new

I'm planning to write some new bluegrass haiku for next week, which, if I'm honest, is a form of procrastination because I'm really supposed to be writing the liner notes for the debut album by Desperate Ryver (be on the

As someone who landed his first full time bluegrass employment thanks to a classified ad, I continue to take an interest in this kind of advertising. Not to be voyeuristic, but the personals section has always been pretty interesting, too;

In the last 10 or 15 years, bluegrass music has had its share of people trying to break in from other genres of music. Apparently the lure of low money and smaller touring vehicles is just too tempting for some

Returning to the stage MC work subject, this is a revised version of the final installment of my series on the subject: This was the column I was hoping to get someone else to write for me. It was the one

Way back in the first year of this column I did a series on band management, pretending that I knew something about it. The first installment dealt with the subject of naming bands, since it's something every band has to

This is the third in a series on stage-show MC work. In the previous installment, I tried to answer a few frequently asked questions (or FAQ, for those in a hurry), covering issues like who should do most of the

Last week I tried to break on-stage MC work down to basics to make the mission seem less daunting for anyone who may find speaking to an audience intimidating.  To sum up and review: you're just trying to make the audience

Something that you or your band must eventually face (besides your sound check and your non-existent retirement plan), is that at some point, usually no more than three or four songs into a show, you will have to say something