Welcome to the NEW ONLINE Bluegrass Breakdown!

As we mentioned in the May Bluegrass Breakdown, the printed newsletter will concentrate on timely information, current events, and some short form new and legacy columns. And we promised then that longer form columns, photos, in-depth interviews, less timely news...

Welcome Welcome Welcome

It’s an honor and a privilege to be a contributing and regular Welcome Columnist for the CBA website for – um, quite a few years now. As much as I’ve enjoyed writing the weekly Wednesday column, I have also enjoyed the other Welcome columns as well. I...

We’ll be static till Thursday morning

Your web master (me) is treating himself to four days of non-stop music, frivolity and fellowship at this year’s Rivertunes Music Camp. Since at present we have no back-up manager for cbaweb.org we’ll remain static until Thursday morning…no new news,...

Well, we needed rain…

We DID need rain, but the highly anticipated precipitation is affecting Webmaster Rick Cornish’s internet access, so bear with him, he’ll back in the driver’s seat as soon as the fickle Internet Gods do their reluctant magic.  We apologize for...

Were YOU Born Too Late

[blast from the past]If only I was born earlier. I could have seen Bill Monroe in his prime, Jim and Jesse with their natural hair color, and Jimmy Martin as a spry, brash young man. I could have been involved in the Bay Area bluegrass scene back when it was a...

Were YOU Born Too Late?

If only I was born earlier. I could have seen Bill Monroe in his prime, Jim and Jesse with their natural hair color, and Jimmy Martin as a spry, brash young man. I could have been involved in the Bay Area bluegrass scene back when it was a well-kept secret, and hung...