by Christine | Dec 16, 2016 | Welcome Column
(Editor’s Note–From Nancy in 2011. One of my favorites.. RC)I lived in Los Angeles throughout most of the 1970s. My circle of friends during those years consisted of an eclectic bunch of young people, somewhat like the cast of characters in the...
by Christine | Dec 30, 2017 | Welcome Column
(This being a fifth Saturday of the month we’ll have a look around inside the mind George Martin’s in 2009. Don’t worry, there’s almost no possibility you could get stuck in there; but if you do, just bang on the inside of his retina. RC)It is...
by Christine | Oct 25, 2020 | Welcome Column
It is the curse of the banjo player that they come apart so easily.You buy a guitar, you are pretty much stuck with it. You can change the strings, maybe get the action adjusted. I think there are some luthiers who can go in through the sound hole and shave the top...
by Christine | May 1, 2011 | Welcome Column
The answer is no…or yes. Well, both answers are technically correct. The festival still occupies the last weekend of September and is still at the same beautiful grove. The name has reverted, however, to its original nomenclature: The Kings River Bluegrass Festival....
by Christine | Sep 1, 2011 | Welcome Column
Recently, when the question came up as to the reasons why CBA membership has declined, it was pointed out that the problem is due not only to low numbers of new members joining, but to the fact that some older, long-time CBA members are choosing not to renew their...
by Christine | May 29, 2014 | Welcome Column
Recently, when the question came up as to the reasons why CBA membership has declined, it was pointed out that the problem is due not only to low numbers of new members joining, but to the fact that some older, long-time CBA members are choosing not to renew their...
by Christine | Jan 18, 2012 | Welcome Column
One of my more recent columns was about me getting a dog, and coincidentally, the subject of canis lupus familaris has come up in CBA news as well. In case you’ve been away, the CBA will allow dogs at the Father’s Day Festival this year, under a pilot program designed...
by Christine | May 10, 2017 | Welcome Column
A few of friends have taken vacations in Cuba recently, and they all report a lively musical culture there. Ry Cooder actually got into hot water with the State Department a few years ago for recording the legendary Buena Vista Social Club band there, so the easing of...
by Christine | Jul 25, 2020 | Welcome Column
“You can be a kid for as long as you want to when you play baseball.” – Cal Ripken, Jr.It’s spring, and someone somewhere – at this very moment – is saying “Play Ball” because throughout the country it is the beginning of baseball season. Right now, the...
by Christine | Aug 4, 2013 | Welcome Column
“Just take a hammer and knock it out.” That’s my wife’s familiar refrain when she wants something remodeled around here. “Just knock it out and put the new one in.” Her notion of the work it takes remodel or build anything are obviously born of the wave of do-it-your...
