by Christine | Jan 2, 2016 | Welcome Column
Bluegrass Interviews by Dave BerryThis is a new occasional column by Dave Berry, a San Francisco-based CBA member, singer and mandolin player who has an insatiable bluegrass curiosity.Adam RoszkiewiczThe subject of this very first Bluegrass Interviews column is the...
by Christine | Mar 31, 2010 | Welcome Column
The posting of Steve Almond’s article “The trouble with easy listening” started the most thought-provoking thread on the CBA Message Board in a long time. The author of the article decries the effect that the proliferation of iPods and downloaded music has had on the...
by Christine | Dec 4, 2018 | Welcome Column
I finally gave it upA phone call I have been anticipating for a while came the other day. I thought it would probably come from a new energetic volunteer or maybe a seasoned volunteer roped into one of the important tasks that always pile up in organizations like this...
by Christine | Jan 8, 2013 | Welcome Column
We live in a rapidly changing media environment that has nothing but good in it for bluegrass music, in all its forms, while at the same time standing as a harbinger for change that many of us will find difficult to integrate into our way of consuming media. As the CD...
by Christine | May 12, 2008 | Welcome Column
Dear friends, Well, some folks revel in celebrating life with friends and family. They seek community in good times, good food and good music. The again there are individuals and groups that live to mess things up for their fellow beings. The sort of person who...