IBMA has announced a job opening for the office in Nashville, which will complete the changeover necessitated by Nancy Cardwell accepting the Executive Director position earlier this year. Cardwell was initially elevated to interim director in March of 2012 after the
Bluegrass Today is partnering with Rhonda Vincent to offer a special Christmas promotion: 12 days of holiday recipes, Christmas memories and prizes with the Queen of Bluegrass and her Merry band. Look for Yuletide fun each day beginning December 14, running
Lee Marcus, banjo player, songwriter and noted bluegrass evangelist, has started an online effort to have December 12 celebrated as International Bluegrass Music Appreciation Day each year. Armed with nothing more than an idea and a Facebook page, Lee is hoping to
Rosa Lee Watson, wife to Doc Watson for 65 years, died on Thursday (November 22) at the nursing facility where she had been living in North Carolina the past year and a half. She was the mother of Eddy Merle
Ricky Skaggs will be a special studio guest on Saturday (11/24) during America's News HQ on the Fox News television network. Having given his trusty band the Thanksgiving weekend off, Ricky will appear solo and perform, Nothing Beats A Family, one
The list of country stars with a bluegrass background is an impressive one. Ricky Skaggs and Keith Whitley both took their training with Ralph Stanley to the top of the country charts, and Vince Gill did some picking and singing
That's right folks, there is banjo music in the Big Apple. But you already knew that (didn't you?). Well, here's another NYC banjo story. It involves Bennett Sullivan, a transplanted Tar Heel now plying the five string trade in the Big
Weber Fine Acoustic Instruments, builders of mandolin family instruments, plus arch top and resonator guitars, has been acquired by Two Old Hippies, LLC, the parent company of Bedell and Breedlove guitars. The instruments will continue to be handmade by Bruce Weber and
The good folks at Guitar World magazine, who specialize in rock music, have a new DVD title in their Essential Licks series for bluegrass pickers - or guitarists who want to give it a try. 20 Essential Bluegrass Licks is just
Mountain Fever Records has released their second Christmas CDs in as many years. In 2011 there was Heather Berry's Have A Berry Merry Christmas, and for Christmas 2012, Sweet Potato Pie offers Home Grown Christmas, released November 12. The album contains a baker's dozen
