by Christine | Feb 23, 2020 | Welcome Column
Wherever we go in bluegrass we hear from local people about a band (or bands) that are every bit as good as most touring bands and that we just must hear them. At festivals on showcase stages or in the field or parking lots (mostly a term of art these days), in...
by Christine | Nov 15, 2012 | Welcome Column
Good morning from Whiskey Creek, where if day-top-day decisions were made by popular vote of all effected residents rather than decide-and-decree by a few self-appointed oligarchs the ratio between tennis balls and soup bones to I-pads and sugar free latte’s would...
by Christine | Feb 20, 2010 | Welcome Column
In a recent post, CBA member Rainy Escobar asked for members’ ideas about what to name her new band. Several of the suggestions were very clever, and it became very hard to decide upon one. Finally, it was put to a vote on our message board. I’m proud to say that my...
by Christine | May 4, 2011 | Welcome Column
I have written often about the bonds that music creates between musicians. It’s a magical thing, really, and it never ceases to amaze me. But I want to bring some more folks into this orbit, because over the years, I have seen amazing binds created between musicians...
by Christine | Mar 12, 2011 | Welcome Column
What if there were a phone dedicated solely to all things bluegrass? A prototype might look something like this. For English press #1. For Appalachian American press #2. For banjo press #3. For bass press #4. For dobro press #5. For fiddle press #6. For guitar press...
by Christine | Aug 10, 2009 | Welcome Column
Dear Friends, The NCBS should be congratulated for presenting the biggest and best Good Old Fashioned Festival in its long and colorful career. The attendance was way up and the musical acts have never been so good. Despite the best efforts of those, myself included,...
by Christine | Oct 26, 2013 | Welcome Column
I understand the desire and, even in some cases, perhaps the NEED to make digital that which once was paper and ink. Using technology is wonderful, but technology for technology’s sake isn’t very meaningful for the myriad and variety of devices in the...
by Christine | May 5, 2008 | Welcome Column
Dear friends, What a weekend for music! Andersons at the Karfluki festival, Mighty Chiplings and OMGG at Windsor, Frank Ray and Cedar Hill in Folsom, and a host of Sandy Cruz area at the NCBS’s Bluegrass Faire, to name a few options. The weather was fine and folks...
by Christine | Jan 3, 2017 | Welcome Column
I recognize that this is a time when many folks are just getting started on their New Year resolutions and all is going well. After all, it has only been a couple of days since folks decided that these are the things they were going to work on or do differently during...
by Christine | May 31, 2018 | Welcome Column
I keep this little spiral-bound notebook in a cubbyhole on my desk and in it are miscellaneous old tidbits of information. Stuff like e-mail addresses, contact information for grass Valley festivals gone by, CBA directors phone numbers, cell phone numbers, etc.. As...
