The South East Regional Folk Alliance (SERFA), a regional chapter of Folk Alliance International, will present a SERFA Award to longtime bluegrass and Americana artist/producer Jim Rooney at their annual SERFA Conference in Montreat, NC on May 18. Rooney has been
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Marianne Kovatch to Blue Ridge Music Center
The Blue Ridge Music Center in Galax, VA has announced the addition of Marianne Kovatch to their staff as Assistant Director. The Center is operated by the National Park Service on the Blue Ridge Parkway, and hosts numerous bluegrass and old
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Bluegrass Museum rebrands ahead of grand opening
The International Bluegrass Music Museum in Owensboro, KY, has chosen a new name, and a new logo, as they count down to the grand opening of the new International Bluegrass Music Center in October of 2018. The museum will henceforth be
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Michael Cleveland to the Fiddler Hall of Fame
On March 30, Michael Cleveland was inducted into the 2018 class of the National Fiddler Hall Of Fame in Tulsa, OK. Fellow inductees for this year included Bobby Hicks, Benny Martin, Jeff Cook, and Violet Hensley. Since 2007, the Hall Of
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Roy Acuff fiddle to the Mountain Music Museum
Jim VanCleve playing the Roy Acuff fiddle on the Huckabee show Back in January we wrote about a fiddle that had once been owned by Roy Acuff turning up at a Goodwill location in Kansas City. This was the instrument Acuff
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International Bluegrass Music Center opens in October
The new home of the International Bluegrass Music Museum is set to open to the public during a three-day event in Owensboro, KY October 18-20. According to executive director Chris Joslin, the opening event will feature live music, tours of
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Bluegrass shines at the Independent Music Awards
On Saturday, March 31, Lincoln Center in New York hosted the 16th annual Independent Music Awards, where honors were announced in 96 musical categories, with nominees and winners from all over the world. Their focus is on self-produced efforts and
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Stanley Brothers audio retrieval update from BCMM
The folks at the Birthplace of Country Music Museum have posted on their Facebook page a light-hearted update on the digitization process for the rare Stanley Brothers record that won a restoration grant from the Virginia Association of Museums last
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Ricky Skaggs to be inducted into Country Music Hall of Fame
The Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum in Nashville has announced that Ricky Skaggs will be among the three artists inducted in 2018. Skaggs will be going in as a Modern Era Artist, while Dottie West goes in as a
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Louisa Branscomb inducted into Alabama Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame
The Alabama Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame honors those from the state of Alabama that have shown great accomplishment and contribution to the bluegrass music industry. For 2019, they have selected Louisa Branscomb to receive this signal honor. According to Alabama