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One of the groups that stirred things up during last weekend's IBMA Fan Fest was The Cleverlys, a concept act that mixes bluegrass music with sardonic and mildly-risque humor. Their shtick typically involves covers of pop mega-hits, delivered in a

It's exciting to see all the attention that is being given to the upcoming Bill Monroe centennial in 2011. The ongoing campaign to have Bill Monroe memorialized with an official postage stamp from the US Postal Service is kicking into high

Monroeville took part in a taping for The Today Show earlier this week. Correspondent Jenna Wolfe was in Gatlinburg, TN on Monday (9/27) shooting a piece on the Ole Smoky Distillery which boasts of being the first to offer lawful moonshine

Brand New Strings has just released a promotional video to give bluegrass lovers a chance to get to know them, and their music, a little better. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_fknGAy7y5g

WAMU's Bluegrass Country will be live again this afternoon from IBMA. They will have live sets and interviews with a number of bluegrass legends, a couple of new acts with new CDs, a popular songwriter and a preview of tonight's International

Coming very soon! In recognition of the forthcoming centennial of Bill Monroe’s birth, Bluegrass Today will be posting a daily record of events through the decades that are associated with the ‘Father of Bluegrass’ music and those who were close to

In keeping with Sam Bush's Keynote admonition about supporting new music from a younger generation of bluegrass and acoustic musicians, we offer this video clip of Crooked Still. It's of them at the Lotus World Music & Arts Festival in Bloomington,

You know what they say about the best laid plans... If you were listening in to WAMU's Bluegrass Country on Tuesday afternoon to catch the live interviews from IBMA, you noticed that a technical glitch shut them down for about an

Once again, WAMU's Bluegrass Country will be broadcasting live at IBMA this afternoon from 3:00-6:00 p.m. (EDT). Today's spots will include a couple of long-time bluegrass acts and several new, young groups at World of Bluegrass looking for a chance to

This past Friday (9/24) saw the 2010 NEA National Heritage Fellowships Concert held in Bethesda, MD. This is an annual event, honoring the various recipients of each year's substantial fellowship awards. Among the 2010 recipients were bluegrass icons, Del McCoury and