by Christine | Mar 17, 2013 | Welcome Column
I’m taking a second shot at this column. The first time I posted it I got a bunch of “Huh!!! What the devil is Geoff talking about here????” kind of comments. I dropped in a clue that should provide the path to enlightenment. The answer to “the ultimate question of...
by Christine | Apr 16, 2011 | Welcome Column
The difference between the amateur and professional/expert has been discussed at length between my mom and I. The last time it came up was at a Bruce Molsky concert, while we were trying to pick our jaws off the ground – as he manages to not only play his fiddle in...
by Christine | May 25, 2012 | Welcome Column
Thank you to our 2012 CBA Father’s Day Festival sponsors! The CBA sends out a big salute to the following sponsors of this year’s Father’s Day Festival: Bluegrass Unlimited magazine, Warrenton, VA C. F. Martin Guitar Company, Bethlehem, PA D’Addario & Company,...
by Christine | Oct 20, 2010 | Welcome Column
Boy, am I glad I went to the CBA Fall Campout last weekend! This has been one of those years when I seemed to have SOMETHING in way of nearly every important bluegrass event. I don’t think I’ve necessarily more gigs than usual, but they all seemed to fall on days when...
by Christine | Feb 12, 2015 | Welcome Column
One of my Facebook friends put up a video of Eric and Suzy Thompson and their grown-up daughter Allegra a few days ago. Eric and Suzy have started a Kickstarter campaign to help them record a new CD of their family band, Thompsonia. I happened to attend a private...
