February 2016 President’s Message

I am writing this column January 1 and even though you will read this in February I am focusing on a Happy New Year message.  The CBA is almost completely on line with tickets to events and donations.  I was just perusing what events are available to all of...

February 2017 President’s Message

Concerts, festival planning, new kid jams, Music Camp and Academy registration opening.  We are busy here at CBA Headquarters.  Administratively we are reviewing and updating the ByLaws but that is not as much fun as live music.  Ted Kuster, our new...

February Bluegrass Breakdown

Dear friends, We fans of West Coast bluegrass suffered a loss this weekend. Ken Orrick of Lost Highway passed away. I think one would be hard pressed to find any among our ranks who has not enjoyed Lost Highway’s music over the years. They were special to many, with...

February Days

February can be bleak in the Central Valley. We’ve seen weeks on end where the sky is flat and gray; the earth, far off in the distance, is the same dull, leaden hue. Land and sky form an ashen wall. The cold that rolls down from the mountains and rests on our...