Accommodations

Accommodations

Things happen that are out of your control and if you want to keep going, you have to be able to make the appropriate adjustments or accommodations. That’s great intro for a welcome column on a bluegrass web site… he says facetiously or as they say “says no one ever”...
Jan Vincent – Bluegrass Webmaster and Historian

Jan Vincent – Bluegrass Webmaster and Historian

There wouldn’t be bluegrass without someone to play it, but there also wouldn’t be bluegrass without fans to hear it. Jan Vincent is a bluegrass fan who has made a difference. Her Jan’s World website (https://jansworld.net/) has collected and preserved the...
Live Music

Live Music

It’s so encouraging to see Patrick Campbell’s recent headline on the CBA pages: “Live Music is BACK!” Playing music with other people in the same space has attained the status of an endangered species for over a year now, and we can but hope and pray that things will...
Funny Bluegrass (and other) Songs

Funny Bluegrass (and other) Songs

I’ve been criticized for not taking Bluegrass seriously and disrespecting the music because good bluegrass music makes me want to dance.  It’s fun music.  Not just fun, it’s also funny.  Bluegrass has a well-established sense of humor.  To prove it, I asked some of...
For Your Consideration

For Your Consideration

“The CBA has been a thrill ride for me… I’m grateful to the CBA for the help raising my kids, taking me seriously in a leadership position, and turning the Grass Valley nights into magic.” (Mark Varner, Facebook, April 19, 2021) I’ve recently been recruited to...