by Christine | Apr 16, 2018 | Welcome Column
I know all about black holes. Stephen Hawking, the noted physicist who recently passed away, brought black holes into the public consciousness but i consider myself the real expert (at least in a practical sense). Black holes are super massive collections of matter....
by Christine | Mar 22, 2017 | Welcome Column
It’s throwback March – this column first appeared in 2006I have always enjoyed reading the sage wisdom of B. Judd on the CBA Website, and I went in search of even more wisdom. Figuring the nexus of Bluegrass wisdom would emanate from the Bluegrass state, I...
by Christine | Feb 10, 2012 | Welcome Column
I was jamming down at the 48 hr Jam at the doubletree in Bakersfield when one of the highway 65 guys hollered “Do a bluesy one!”, and I don’t have to be asked twice because I like the blue in bluegrass. So I let one fly, and it felt as good as it always does. I...
by Christine | Aug 8, 2019 | Welcome Column
(Editor’s Note–George takes a break today so we run a 2014 column that pretty well defines what happiness means to our friend. RC)What makes one happy changes over the years. As a child a new toy, or going to the Saturday matinee (feature film, serial and...
by Christine | Jun 1, 2016 | Welcome Column
I find it interesting how it would appear that every organization or entity develops a culture of its own. Individuals that make up the group bring their own perspectives and views which combine with those of others and at some point a group dynamic appears. If you...
by Christine | Sep 4, 2018 | Welcome Column
I find it interesting how it would appear that every organization or entity develops a culture of its own. Individuals that make up the group bring their own perspectives and views which combine with those of others and at some point a group dynamic appears. If you...
by Christine | Oct 10, 2009 | Welcome Column
When he was born, his parents named him, “Elderman.” That was his full name. He never knew his parents’ name, because by the time he began to wonder about that, his parents had passed on. They lived deep in the mountains of the Ozarks, where no...
by Christine | Aug 6, 2018 | Welcome Column
When people come to the eternal question of who is the greatest bluegrass band ever, most would automatically come up with the answer Bill Monroe and the Bluegrass Boys, Flatt and Scruggs, Ralph Stanley and the Clinch Mountain Boys, or Jimmy Martin and the Sunny...
by Christine | Aug 6, 2012 | Welcome Column
Dear Friends, We want to congratulate everyone’s friend Snap Jackson and his significant other Erin Van Zant on the birth of their child, Milo Sebastian Borrego. This young man has been born into a world we can only wish more children could share. I have a little...
by Christine | Dec 13, 2018 | Welcome Column
The message board now and then erupts with the classic “What is Bluegrass?” question. Everyone can pretty much agree on what Traditional Bluegrass is, but as the music gets more modern, or from non-Southern Mountain sources, opinionsdiverge.And then time passes. The...
