Tag: Chris Jones

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…

Read More

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….

Read More

From The Side of the Road… German bluegrass phrasebook

Greetings from Italy, where I’m starting a tour this week with Italian dobro player Paolo Ercoli. Since I am writing in…

Read More

From The Side of the Road… fact checking bluegrass classics

Welcome to the Election Week edition of this column. There will be no endorsing of candidates for office (that’s best left…

Read More

From The Side of the Road… Halloween bluegrass classics

I’ve discussed in past columns the fact that, while bluegrass bands still get booked at weddings, there are at most three…

Read More

From The Side of the Road… simplified sloganeering

We’re in an election year, and if you’re just now hearing about that, I’d like to hang out wherever you do,…

Read More

From The Side of the Road… band contracts 101

I’m taking this week off to recover from the stress of taking the previous week off. Therefore, I’ve asked John Lawless…

Read More

From The Side of the Road… returning to “normalcy” after WOB

Dateline: Raleigh. That’s the last time I’m likely to be writing that, at least at the end of September. I…

Read More

From The Side of the Road… healthy training for World of Bluegrass

The very first column I wrote for Bluegrass Today was about maintaining your health during the stressful IBMA World of Bluegrass…

Read More

From The Side of the Road… What if I’m wrong?

Is the rerunning of a column about bluegrass conspiracy theories a blatant attempt to cross-promote our new single, What if You’re…

Read More

#1 Bluegrass Music Charts

Weekly charts based on actual radio airplay for bluegrass, Grassicana, and gospel music

Recent Comments

Get Our Newsletter

Enter your email below to stay in the loop with Bluegrass Today!

Search Bluegrass Today