by Bert Daniel | Apr 20, 2022 | Uncategorized, Welcome Column
If there’s one thing this world needs these days, it has to be harmony. We are all individuals but cooperation in matters of common interest can only lead to the greater good of all. If only people and the nations of the world held this simple idea closer to all of...
by robin | Apr 17, 2022 | Welcome Column
(Editor’s Note: Here’s one I wrote a few years ago called the Department of Redundancy Department) Happy Easter to everybody! I have to admit that, for me, these days Easter isn’t all that it’s cracked up to be. (pardon the pun) Easter egg hunts are mostly...
by Bert Daniel | Apr 13, 2022 | Uncategorized, Welcome Column
This weekend we celebrate another Easter. It comes relatively late this year but can come as late as the 25th or as early as March 22nd since it’s based on the lunar calendar just like Chinese New Year. If the title of today’s column applies to you as a...
by Patrick Campbell | Apr 13, 2022 | Announcements
Photo credit: Peter Klett Anni Beach of Jam Pak writes: This is an awesome event which is being organized by Peter Klett on behalf of all of us who want to do something to help in this horrible tragedy in Ukraine. What is happening to that wonderful country and its...
by Bert Daniel | Apr 8, 2022 | Welcome Column
Would Napoleon Bonaparte have liked Bluegrass and Old Time music? This is an interesting question. I think he probably would have. Sure, the music would have been more than a hundred years more “advanced” than what he was used to but likely the French emperor would...
by Patrick Campbell | Apr 8, 2022 | News from Regions
The Strad, a publication generally devoted to string instrument players in the classical music world but which occasionally features string players outside the genre, just published a wonderful article about five-string fiddler Casey Driessen and family’s tour...
by Patrick Campbell | Apr 5, 2022 | Announcements, Band News
(photo credit Robin Frenette) Mark Shutts is a name synonymous with bluegrass in Southern California. Everyone seems to know Shutts due to his large presence at local jams, every festival, or perhaps because Mark hosts live shows at his machine shop. In this somewhat...
by Bert Daniel | Apr 4, 2022 | Welcome Column
Suppose you decide to play a recording from Bill Monroe and his Bluegrass Boys, or the Stanley Brothers or Flatt and Scruggs. You’re about to listen to some Bluegrass music, right? After all, these are the bands that form the pillars of the genre we now call Bluegrass...
by Patrick Campbell | Apr 3, 2022 | Announcements
[Vancouver, BC] — [March 17] – John Reischman announced today that his album, New Time & Old Acoustic, has been nominated for TRADITIONAL ROOTS ALBUM OF THE YEAR in the 51st Annual JUNO Awards. Reischman has previously been nominated for two Juno Awards with his...
by Patrick Campbell | Apr 3, 2022 | Opinion
Donna Hargis is the CBA Regional Director for Region 6 Huntington Beach. (photo credit, Robin Frenette) Art students often hear, “You need to master realism before you can go abstract. Even Picasso started with realism.” I appreciate this sentiment, but it doesn’t...
