string summit

"Music expresses that which cannot be said and on which it is impossible to be silent." -Victor Hugo Well, they say that man cannot subsist on bread alone, nor should he want to, and I suppose I'm no different. You all know I'm a big fan of music, particularly live, and with outstanding musicianship. You don't get much more outstanding than David Grisman, who's been tearing it up for around 40 years, producing some amazing music, like Flatbush Waltz > Opus 57. I've never seen him live, and that's all about to change. Because this year, he's headlining Northwest String Summit. Image credit…
"Stuff that's hidden and murky and ambiguous is scary because you don't know what it does." -Jerry Garcia Earlier this month, one of my favorite musical artist of all-time would have turned seventy. This weekend, I'm off at a fantastic music festival where they're celebrating the life of Jerry Garcia, and in addition to being the leader of the Grateful Dead, he was also a huge influence in the world of bluegrass, americana and folk music. While I always loved his songs about lovable scoundrels, here's a duet of him with David Grisman performing the much more pastoral Shady Grove, and there's…