by Christine | May 19, 2007 | Welcome Column
Today’s column from Rick Cornish (rcornish@sjcoe.net) Saturday May 19, 2007 When cbaontheweb.org was launched in October of 2001 the Welcome column contained no “I’s”. In fact, it didn’t contain much, and the only thing that changed from day to day in the...
by Christine | Jan 31, 2016 | Welcome Column
Back when the earth’s crust was cooling (the late ‘70s), I was part of Vancouver Co-op Radio’s first country music show. We’d already established programming based on local music, blues, jazz, and folk, so a mix of bluegrass, old time, classic country, swing,...
by Christine | May 8, 2012 | Welcome Column
In a recent commentary in the New Yorker, Adam Gropnik wrote about what he called the “Forty Year Itch.” Reflecting on the popular TV series “Mad Men,” he enunciates the Golden Forty-Year Rule: “The prime site of nostalgia is always whatever happened, or is thought to...
by Christine | Jan 3, 2018 | Welcome Column
Hey, what do you know – it’s a new year, again! More than I can remember, the general feeling I get is that 2017 was not a good year. As I think back on the years of my life (this was my 60th new year), I can’t easily ascribe good, or bad to any of them, though....
by Christine | Oct 17, 2016 | Welcome Column
The Daily Grist:“For the times, they are a changing” Bob DylanLike almost all of you out there reading this today, I love bluegrass music and I feel blessed to have been exposed to it. And I like to share this great music with others who may not have been as fortunate...
by Christine | Oct 25, 2012 | Welcome Column
That is the title of a familiar song that was written back in 1907, by a man and a woman as a gospel song, and later made popular by the famous Carter family of Virginia, known as the first family of country and bluegrass music. I would be willing to bet that most...
by Christine | Dec 24, 2019 | Welcome Column
A mandolin student once asked me to show him the correct tune for the Arkansas Traveler. He didn’t want a version or variation as played by a particular musician or from any particular recording, just “What is the correct tune?” I had to say I didn’t know, there...
by Christine | Jan 11, 2017 | Welcome Column
Last night, my writing time was usurped by dealing with the incredible weather. The water rose high enough to obscure the sidewalks on my street, and the cross streets were raging rivers. So, I am reprising a column from a while back about my pickup truck –...
by Christine | Oct 15, 2012 | Welcome Column
Yesterday, we went for an imaginary bike ride through Sonoma County during the crush season, the season, right about now, when all the grapes are harvested to make wines that are prized the world over. It’s a truly beautiful time of year. A good time to play...
by Christine | Oct 23, 2019 | Welcome Column
This week I will be posting pictures on Facebook of the lucky winners of the CBA raffle. Many, many thanks to all who purchased tickets, and helped support the CBA’s IBMA involvement. You are ALL winners in the eyes of Karma, and in my eyes. And your generosity has...
