by Bert Daniel | May 29, 2024 | Uncategorized, Welcome Column
I guess I’m a little late on this thought. Valentine’s Day might have been a more appropriate time to post a welcome column about the human heart but it’s never a bad time to pay homage to the organ that keeps us all alive every day....
by robin | May 17, 2024 | Reviews
Spruce and Maple Music Song List: Just a Little Ways Down the Road, Enough, Texas Wind, Why’d You Have to Break My Heart?, Quaking Aspen, Trees, Long Gone, Hound Dog Blues, the Banks Are Covered in Blue, Down on the Levee, The Day Is Mine, Rock the Pain Away. Bay Area...
by Bert Daniel | May 3, 2024 | Welcome Column
The Sympathy Valley Boys have been a part of CBA bluegrass lore for quite some time. This mercurial collection of ad hoc jokesters personifies what fun at a bluegrass festival ought to be. Over the years I have gotten to know most of the Sympathy Valley Boys. One...
by Dave Berry | Apr 8, 2024 | Announcements, Coming Event(s), Interview, Welcome to California!
Photo by Snap Jackson CBA pal John Reischman & his fine band the Jaybirds are making a quick swing south from their British Columbia perch this week. John, a California legend has played the Father’s Day Festival countless times with the Jaybirds and others, is a...
by Bert Daniel | May 2, 2024 | Welcome Column
This world is not my home, I’m just passing through My troubles and my trials somewhere beyond the blue Many friends and loved ones have gone on before And I can’t feel at home in this world anymore I don’t know about the rest of you but this world we find ourselves...
by Dave Berry | Mar 29, 2024 | Welcome to California!, Announcements, Coming Event(s), Interview
Spring has sprung and we’re lucky to have Sideline making a swing through Northern California as they get back on the road. The dates and locations are listed below along with a quick Q&A from Steve Dilling bringing us up to speed on the bands adventures. Schedule...
by Bert Daniel | Mar 29, 2024 | Welcome Column
Our home grown California bluegrass band Crying Uncle generated a lot of buzz with their recent performance on The Grand Ole Opry in Nashville. I figured it was time to do my first interview and they said yes! Andrew Osborn and Miles Quayle kindly made use of their...
by robin | Mar 13, 2024 | General News
CBA offers leadership training in festival production Article by John Lawless in Bluegrass Today Read...
by Bert Daniel | Feb 25, 2024 | Welcome Column
I did some mindless channel surfing on the television today and I happened to pause on a religious network station, (channel 8 for me). I hardly ever watch much of the channel but I pass by it often because it’s between other stations I often watch. But I paused today...
by Bert Daniel | Feb 17, 2024 | Welcome Column
Volunteers are the backbone of any organization like the CBA. Volunteering is fun! You get to meet other passionate music lovers and you get to feel a sense of accomplishment. Here are a couple of stories from CBA volunteers: BLUEGRASS SHUTTLE HAS A NEW COORDINATOR If...
