As most folks know, the IBMA Board of Directors meets regularly throughout the year to make the important decisions that help to propel the organization forward. This group, which represents some of bluegrass music’s best practitioners and most invested personalities,
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What to do in Raleigh when you’ve had enough bluegrass
While we would like to think bluegrass people are all about bluegrass music 24 hours a day, it’s simply not true. Sometimes you have to take time away from the music to do other things – you know, like eat
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Bluegrass Today at World Of Bluegrass 2017
As per usual, your dutiful Bluegrass Today staff will be on hand throughout the 2017 World Of Bluegrass week in Raleigh, NC. The IBMA's annual convention starts tomorrow (September 26) at the Raleigh Convention Center, running through the big Awards
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Alternative string music at World of Bluegrass
Bluegrass is for old people, right? You have to have a five-string banjo and sound just like Earl Scruggs, right? When IBMA says “big tent,” they just mean when folks like the Lonesome River Band and Doyle Lawson use drums,
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Where to find bluegrass at World of Bluegrass
Since the International Bluegrass Music Association moved their pinnacle event, World of Bluegrass, to Raleigh, NC, we’ve heard plenty of complaints from the die-hard Blue Grass (as in Monroe) loving attendees saying “Where’s the bluegrass?” It’s certainly not gone away,
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SPBGMA statement on new rules for 2018
Late last month we published an article laying out some of the new rules in place for the 2018 SPBGMA national convention in Nashville. Typically held the first weekend in February, this event signals the bluegrass reawakening each year following
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2017 Hall of Fame inductions at the American Banjo Museum
Tony Trischka and John McEuen at the 2017 inductions to the American Banjo Museum Hall of Fame The Devon Tower, located in the historic Bricktown District of Oklahoma City, was the setting for an induction ceremony honoring 5 categories of banjo
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Bluegrass Pride wins San Francisco parade prize
The Bluegrass Pride group we mentioned last week were chosen by online vote as the Best Overall Contingent in this year's San Francisco Pride Parade. Affiliated with the California Bluegrass Association, they designed and entered a float in the June
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Bluegrass Pride in the running for Best of the Best Overall Contingent Award
This year a group representing the California Bluegrass Association participated in the San Francisco Pride parade, submitting a float with live bluegrass being played along the parade route. This group, calling themselves Bluegrass Pride, have been nominated for the SF Pride
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IBMA announces schedule for Wide Open Bluegrass StreetFest
One of the reasons why the city of Raleigh and the Research Triangle in general have embraced the annual World of Bluegrass convention is the street festival that is held each year in conjunction with the IBMA's big Wide Open