Quote of the month

You can think of improvisations in jazz and bluegrass as being centrifugal, meaning they spin you outward from the starting point. Whereas the improvisations and variations in old-time music are centripetal, in that they are swirling and spiraling you closer to the essence of the music.

Songwriter and old-time musician Mark Simos, interviewed in the February 2008 issue of Bluegrass Now magazine. For some of Mark's thoughts on Irish music, see here.