by Christine | Jul 28, 2016 | Welcome Column
THE DAILY GRIST…“Oh, East is East, and West is West, and never the twain shall meet.” Rudyard Kipling.It’s the middle of festival season all across the nation, and as I have just returned from Grass Valley and am getting ready for Summergrass next month, my mind...
by Christine | Aug 20, 2020 | Welcome Column
The current pandemic is a difficult time for us all, and it helps to be able to escape from the daily stress and worry for a while by making some music. I’ve also found that after a session with my mandolin in the evening it’s good to relax with a bit of television....
by Christine | Mar 8, 2011 | Welcome Column
The Academy Awards took place a few weeks ago, the Grammies and CMA were before that, and award season is in full swing. As the bluegrass year begins to heat up into festival season, the year 2010 comes to an end on March 31st with respect to the nominating season for...
by Christine | Apr 11, 2012 | Welcome Column
Some years ago, my wife took a guitar class in college. She learned some basic stuff, and did well. My heart soared with pride and my eyes welled up with tears when I heard her play with her class. Playing music has been so inextricably linked to my well-being and...
by Christine | Jan 11, 2006 | Welcome Column
Last week, one of my regularly scheduled band rehearsals was cancelled at the last minute, due to an illness. Nothing serious – it was just a situation where taking a week off made more sense than spewing virus amongst the bandmates. So I suddenly found myself with...
by Christine | Jan 21, 2008 | Welcome Column
Dear friends, I noticed a query about CBA Music Camp on the message board. I imagine that other compulsive Music Camp lovers like myself are wondering about who’s teaching and when we can sign up. Here’s exactly what Music Camp poobah Ingrid Noyes has to say:...
by Christine | Apr 26, 2019 | Welcome Column
I decided to recycle this article from the Breakdown that I wrote over a year ago, updated for this year. CBA Summer Music Camp is coming up, and there are still some spaces left, so if you haven’t committed yet. Now is the time. We have space especially...
by Christine | Jun 8, 2012 | Welcome Column
The comedic and slightly twisted bluegrass group called the “Cleverly’s” has a member with a great appreciation for, and a penchant to, quote Shakespeare as part of his act. He is a blind, left over flower child, and has learned the bard from his “collected works of...
by Christine | Dec 16, 2012 | Welcome Column
Yes you merry campers, June will soon be here and with it the CBA Summer Music Camp! This year the camp will run from Sunday June 9 through Wednesday June 12 at the Nevada County Fairgrounds in Grass Valley, California, followed immediately by the CBA Father’s Day...
by Christine | Jul 17, 2011 | Welcome Column
There’s a really stupid-funny joke that Fred Cone, the bass player in my band Old Tunnel Road, is telling: What is blue and smells like red paint? It’s blue paint! This joke is so bad it’s almost funny……..almost. I tried turning the joke around to make it fit as an...
