Author: Chris Jones

In keeping with tradition - and we wouldn't want to break with tradition now, would we - Chris has delivered his weekly column during World of Bluegrass 2020 on video. Virtually, so to speak.

In the radio work I do I get to hear a lot of current bluegrass releases, and I have to say that bluegrass songwriters may be in a bit of a subject rut. Our genre now seems dominated by songs

Mr. Bluegrass Manners has been off for a little while. He chose to self-isolate after having had to spend some time in the Nashville Greyhound station (it's a long story). While in quarantine he continued to answer emails, even the

People love to make predictions. It's not important that almost all of them are hit-and-miss. That even goes for Nostradamus, and that was what he was known for; that, and apparently he grew some very impressive spaghetti squash. Usually people like to

It's time once again for bluegrass mad libs. Note that this isn’t "Mad Libs" with capital letters. That would be a trademark, and that game is available only in those lovely pads of paper or now on the Mad Libs

We all get songs stuck in our heads from time-to-time. They're often really annoying ones like that Liberty Insurance jingle with the highly creative lyrics: "Liberty liberty liberty . . . liberty." Or it can be a long and melodically

I know it's a little strange to be too busy during the pandemic, but I've ended up being swamped with work I’m doing this week for the Walnut Valley Festival's NewSong Showcase, and I have a Facebook live concert tomorrow,

Five months into the pandemic and many bluegrass musicians have settled into one of two categories: the hustlers and the layabouts.  The hustlers are busy producing instructional material, hosting livestream concerts, making sure to leave some spare time to renovate the

Do you read online customer reviews before going to restaurants or staying at hotels (back when we did that sort of thing)? As you may have discovered, it’s best to judge based on several reviews, looking at the average impressions

Let this serve as a friendly reminder that the deadline for submitting IBMA Business Conference session proposals is this Friday, July 31st at 5:00 p.m. central. This is a great opportunity to help come up with new and interesting topics