by Christine | Feb 5, 2009 | Welcome Column
Over the past few months, quite a few members of the California Bluegrass Association have joined up with the free social networking website www.Facebook.com. Although the CBA Message Board continues to provide a valuable forum for the exchange of information in the...
by Christine | Feb 8, 2011 | Welcome Column
The film (since I’m writing for a California audience, I won’t call it a movie) “The Social Network” has been nominated for eight academy awards and has won forty-nine other awards including three Golden Globes. Estimates of the number of Facebook members...
by Christine | Jun 22, 2013 | Welcome Column
There is a certain “Do-It-Yourself” attitude among a lot of bluegrass bands. I suppose, like a lot of things these days, it’s borne out of need since doing something on your own instead of using a professional service appears to cost less. Sometimes...
by Christine | Aug 26, 2018 | Welcome Column
Ima Pickwood loves bluegrass music. She’s been playing since the age of twelve, and she just turned fifty. Her fingers are long and slim, no signs of arthritis so far. She never made it “big” in bluegrass music, as few people do. If you are ever going to “make...
by Christine | Sep 18, 2018 | Welcome Column
Charles Brady I tend to put famous quotations and “old sayin’s” in the same box – accepting them as having some truth and liking their ability to stay in my memory. Will Rogers had little love for politicians, once observing, “If God had wanted...
by Christine | Feb 13, 2010 | Welcome Column
It’s the end of June, a couple of weeks after the annual California Bluegrass Association’s Fathers Day Festival 2009, and I find myself behind the wheel of my trusty pick-up truck heading north on Hwy 101 from Santa Rosa (California). The goal is to get to Oregon for...
by Christine | Apr 2, 2008 | Welcome Column
When I travel on vacation, I try and seek out opportunities to catch live music wherever I go. Some places, like Chicago, LA, Nashville, and Las Vegas have outstanding musicians in the coffeehouses and taverns. It’s not hard to understand why – all these places are...
by Christine | Mar 31, 2018 | Welcome Column
I’ve spent this last week er so, trying to think of what subject I could talk about in my monthly welcome message fer you folks, when I was reminded of how embarrassing moments come our way most unexpectedly. More on this at the end of this message. Then, I...
by Christine | Oct 9, 2018 | Welcome Column
I’ve spent this last week er so, trying to think of what subject I could talk about in my monthly welcome message fer you folks, when I was reminded of how embarrassing moments come our way most unexpectedly. More on this at the end of this message. Then, I...
by Christine | Jul 2, 2014 | Welcome Column
I used to love watching “In Concert” and “Don Kirshner’s Rock Concert” on weekends. I was too young to drive to concerts (and too poor to afford the tix – some of those shows costs north of $10 a ticket!), so I soaked up the sights and sounds of dozens of rock...
