Bluegrass Songwriting News

  • Steve Martin gets rich off bluegrass

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    Master funny man, and respected banjoist Steve Martin is getting rich off bluegrass music. If his film career has not provided for him, then surely his music career will. Specifically in view here is the obscene amount of money Martin

  • Leroy Drumm passes

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    Bluegrass songwriter Leroy Drumm died at his home in Waynesboro, Tennessee, on  Friday, November 26. He was 74 and had experienced heart problems recently. Born on September 26, 1936, in Algonac, Michigan, he was a Navy veteran and a retired welder. However,

  • Catching up with Sarah Jarosz

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    We had the chance last week to catch up with Sarah Jarosz, just a few days after her debut appearance on Austin City Limits. For this Texas teen and celebrated Sugar Hill artist, being a featured performer on one of America's

  • Mast Farm Inn sessions

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    We wrote earlier this year about the first in a planned series of unique Artist In Residence events at The Mast Farm Inn in North Carolina, sponsored by The Bluegrass Legacy Facebook group. This first was an intensive songwriter's workshop, hosted

  • Weave and Spin with Si Kahn

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    This post is a contribution from Terri Holloway, one of our 2010 IBMA correspondents. See her profile here. Once again, I had the fun of being an interview observer (aka, being the fly on the wall). This time with Si Kahn,

  • The Good, the Bad, the Ugly

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    This post is a contribution from Christy Reid, one of our 2010 IBMA correspondents. She will be reporting on her experiences at IBMA as a member of Lou Reid & Carolina. This was my first experience being a part of the

  • Tom T and Miss Dixie

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    This post is a contribution from Tom Bibey, one of our 2010 IBMA correspondents. You can see his profile here. Miss Dixie and Tom T. Hall are legendary country music artists who have carved out yet another legacy with their work

  • The business of songwriting

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    This post is a contribution from Tom Bibey, one of our 2010 IBMA correspondents. You can see his profile here. I attended an IBMA songwriter business conference Tuesday morning. David Crow, a Nashville attorney who specializes in entertainment law, Nashville songwriter

  • Songwriting workshop

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    This post is a contribution from David Morris, one of our 2010 IBMA correspondents. See his profile here. The improvisation that is the hallmark of bluegrass is usually thought of in terms of instrument breaks, but at a workshop Tuesday at

  • Bill Monroe songwriting contest

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    The Ohio County Tourism Commission in Rosine, KY is hosting a Come Home to Bluegrass amateur songwriting contest as part of their year-long celebration of the centennial of Bill Monroe's birth in 2011. Winners will not only receive cash prizes,