Miscellaneous bluegrass news

Here's a story from Kansas City that won't do much to repair the image of banjo players as hayseed yokels. It appears that two friends were engaged in a heated argument this past Monday night about the relative merits of two

John Duffey to be inducted into Bill Monroe Bluegrass Hall of Fame "The late, great John Duffey, who fronted the first important bluegrass crossover band, Seldom Scene, until his death in 1996, will become the 33rd member of the Bill Monroe

Phil Leadbetter sent along a report and some photos about a special visitor to one of his shows last week. It seems that pro wrestler 'Nature Boy' Buddy Landel dropped in on a Leadbetters show in Knoxville, and hammed it up

OK folks...  here we go. The completely unofficial, unaffiliated-with-IBMA Bluegrass Blog Awards poll is now live. We are once again running our readers' awards poll, mirroring the nominees for the International Bluegrass Music Awards. We have done this for the past

Noam Pikelny has been named the recipient of the inaugural Steve Martin Prize for Excellence in Banjo and Bluegrass. This annual award, determined by a panel of expert judges, carries with it a cash prize of $50,000 and an exclusive

Bluegrass Today will once again run our readers' awards poll, mirroring the nominees for the International Bluegrass Music Awards. We have done this for the past few years, and everyone seems to get a big kick out of it. This poll

Rhonda Vincent performed at a private event yesterday (9/5) on a farm near Gettysburg, PA and took the opportunity to test drive a John Deere 9760 STS combine. She not only took this pricey heavyweight for a spin, but also left

Bluegrass Today is on the hunt for several on-the-ground correspondents and photographers to help in our coverage of the IBMA World Of Bluegrass convention later this month. We are looking for folks who will be in attendance, and are willing to

The International Bluegrass Music Museum is celebrating Bill Monroe's birthday early. Actually, they are simply taking two years to celebrate his 100th birthday as part of a worldwide Bill Monroe Centennial Celebration. The IBMM has three exhibits planned as part of the

The first annual Artist Management Conference has been scheduled for October 14-15, 2010 in New York City (venue TBA). The conference is billed as an opportunity for artist managers and self-managed artists to meet for networking, education, strategizing and business