Bluegrass Asociations News

Kristy Cox picked up a Golden Guitar award for the 2019 Bluegrass Album of the Year at the Toyota Country Music Association of Australia Awards in Tamworth on January 26. Ricochet, her winning project, was released on Mountain Fever Records in

Blue Summit accepts their Best Bluegrass Band award at the 2019 Northern California Bluegrass Awards The winners of the Northern California Bluegrass Awards were announced over this last weekend by the Northern California Bluegrass Society during their annual Bluegrass on Broadway

It may be only January, but plans and schemes are already being laid for the 2019 World of Bluegrass convention, hosted by the International Bluegrass Music Association in Raleigh, NC in late September. Artists interested in showcasing at this industry-wide event

2019 Pioneers of Missouri Bluegrass: Frank Ray, Alma Curtner (for Herman Beck),  Andy Bressler, Alvin Bressler, Ken Seaman, Cecil Tinnon (for Paul Tinnon) On Friday, January 4, six first generation Missouri musicians were awarded plaques proclaiming them as Pioneers of Missouri Bluegrass Music.

Randy Barrett, longtime President of the DC Bluegrass Union, has stepped down after serving for 12 years. But his work in that position was far more than chairing meetings and answering email. He came on the Board during a time of

In addition to their national bluegrass awards, the Society for the Preservation of Bluegrass Music of America has announced the nominees for their 45th annual Midwest Bluegrass Awards. Winners are to be announced at their 36th Midwest Convention in Jefferson City, MO

The Society for the Preservation of Bluegrass Music of America has announced the nominees for their 45th annual Bluegrass Music Awards. Winners will be announced February 3, 2019 at their 36th national convention at Nashville's Sheraton Music City hotel. And the

IBMA will have some big shoes to fill for 2019 and beyond. Kelly Kessler, the association’s director of communications and professional development, is leaving to become a faculty member at Middle Tennessee State University. Kessler, who has been with IBMA since

Frank D Ray, leader of the Ozark bluegrass band Cedar Hill, has been named as the 2019 SPBGMA Hall of Greats inductee.   He has been playing in bluegrass bands since 1964. The mandolin player for the group, he sings the lead,

The International Bluegrass Music Association has announced their 2019 class for Leadership Bluegrass, an annual, three-day academy intended to generate future pacesetters in the bluegrass industry. Attendees are selected in a competitive process through an application process, and those selected