• Tuesday’s Bluegrass Ramble

    The 2014 Bluegrass Ramble kicked off last night. Fans and professionals enjoyed seeing old favorites and discovering new bands on eight stages throughout downtown Raleigh. Night two of The Bluegrass Ramble kicked off tonight at 6:00 p.m., and runs until

  • 2014 IBMA Momentum Awards Announced

    The 3rd Annual IBMA Momentum Awards were held this afternoon in Raleigh, NC. The Momentum Awards celebrate the up and coming talent that our music has to offer, and there sure is a lot! Congratulations to all nominees and winners! Performance

  • Bela Fleck sees the Light

    If it’s time for IBMA’s World of Bluegrass, it must be time for another keynote address by a “name” player who has bluegrass in his background but has moved on to other genres. It’s been the organization’s M.O. for the

  • Sir Walter goes banjo crazy!

    Last night when we arrived in Raleigh, there was a flurry of activity by the statue of Sir Walter Raleigh in front of the Raleigh Convention Center. Bland Hoke and his team from Wyoming were setting up a temporary art installation

  • If it’s Tuesday…

    ...this must be Raleigh. It's the first day of the 2014 World of Bluegrass here in Raleigh, NC, and things are buzzing. Loading in is taking place in earnest, and the Bluegrass Today crew is getting settled in to our home

  • IBMA announces Momentum Awards nominees

    The International Bluegrass Music Association has announced the nominees for their Momentum Awards, a special honor designed to recognize artists and bluegrass professionals during the early stages of their careers. From these lists of finalists, a committee of experts will

  • Dark Cloud Rising from Jon Weisberger

    Jon Weisberger is a powerful man in the bluegrass world. An award-winning songwriter, his music appears on many new releases each year. As a record producer he guides the work of other artists in the studio, most recently Missy Werner's