1st Annual California Banjo Extravaganza

For several years now, I’ve wanted to create a banjo event here in California that matches some of the wonderful banjo concerts and camps that I’ve been a part of in many other parts of the world. This has been my year to get things done that have been on various back...

1ST Ten Items or Fewer

Item 1: I received my edition of the Bluegrass Breakdown the other day and as usual was impressed with it. I do need to add a few changes to the Minutes of the Board meeting in this months issue. A.There was much talk about making the CBA “Great Again” among the...

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Good morning from Whiskey Creek, where the verdant and eye-popping beauty of spring, now at full throttle, is almost powerful enough to keep us from fretting that we’ve run out of winter, which, we’re being warned, could mean that we’ll run out of water. To be sure,...

2008 Grass Valley Resolutions

Today’s column from Rick Cornish (rcornish@sjcoe.net) Sunday, May 25, 2008 Yes, it’s me again. It’s ten o’clock and I just realized that today’s a fifth Sunday, which means we don’t have one of our Welcome contributors scheduled. But that’s okay because I can...

2009 IBMA award nominee Roger Siminoff

One of our own has been nominated for an IBMA award at this year’s ceremonies in Nashville. The author of the CBA’s Bluegrass Breakdown’s monthly Luthier’s Corner column, Roger Siminoff, has been nominated as Print Media Personality of the Year. This award recognizes...