by Christine | Jul 31, 2011 | Welcome Column
As most of you know already, this month we lost one of the finest bluegrass musicians of all time. Kenny Baker, who fiddled for Bill Monroe on and off for a quarter century, died of a stroke at age 85. One could argue forever about who is the best bluegrass fiddler of...
by Christine | May 25, 2014 | Welcome Column
Here we are with just one more week left in the month of May. That can only mean one thing to California Bluegrass folks…The Father’s Day Festival is just around the bend; a week of pickin’ and grinnin’ is within our reach! We get to see some folks we haven’t seen...
by Christine | Feb 16, 2011 | Welcome Column
I attended an open mic event a few weeks ago. It wasn’t a bluegrass event; it didn’t have any particular musical theme, and the acts were pretty diverse. In three hours, there were some real high points, but there were also some fairly cringe-inducing moments. The...
by Christine | Sep 25, 2020 | Welcome Column
We’ve hit the six month mark in this pandemic, and it’s feeling like we have done it all. We’ve baked the bread, attended online concerts, let our hair grow long, run out of Netflix, washed the groceries, and lived in our yoga pants for weeks on end....
by Christine | Jul 18, 2020 | Welcome Column
(EDITOR’S NOTE: Here’s an oldy but goody from our dear friend way up north. I’d dearly love it if Carolyn could be persuaded to write some new columns. Such a clever, off the wall thinker. RC)OK, Who really knows what one could manage to choke down...
by Christine | Jul 19, 2019 | Welcome Column
(Editor’s Note–Carolyn, long-time CBA Membership Vice President, gifted old time claw hammer banjo player and former California Honey Bee Princess, is above all else an incredible cook. If we can believe her recommendations for fine recipes, and I think we...
by Christine | Jul 17, 2010 | Welcome Column
OK, Who really knows what one could manage to choke down if one were starving? I’ve never been starving. I’ve never even been really hungry, I mean really hungry. So if ever I were in that position, I suppose I may have to eat my words. But gladly. I think I could...
by Christine | Dec 15, 2013 | Welcome Column
When it comes to our CBA Music Camp, modesty is not one of my strong points! I can’t begin to tell you how proud I am of our Directors and teachers and volunteers and students and I can only hint at how excited I am about our 2014 Music Camp; the whole shebang...
by Christine | Dec 8, 2013 | Welcome Column
There may not be all that many bluegrass fans out there who like Hawaiian music but I am definitely among those who do. When the weather starts to turn cold, I love to pop some Hawaiian music into the CD player, turn up the heat full blast, and imagine that I’m...
by Christine | Aug 13, 2009 | Welcome Column
Author?s note: I have been struggling not to bore everybody by writing too much about my grandson, Cassens Jameson Martin, as I attempt to gently point the lad into a love for music. You can check out his progress by dialing up YouTube and searching for CJ unplugged,...
