• New single from Chris Jones live CD

    Chris Jones & the Night Drivers have released a first single from Live At The Old Feed Store, their self-produced concert CD recorded during the summer of 2013. Battle Of The Bands is a deadly serious song about a Civil War battle that

  • 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

  • Live album coming from Chris Jones

    Live At The Old Feed Store will be the next release from Chris Jones & the Night Drivers. Recorded on two successive nights in Cobden, IL during the summer of 2013, it is due to hit October 7. Often live albums are trotted out

  • The Boss helps IBMA

    Jon Weisberger knows a thing or two about songwriting—he was IBMA’s first songwriter of the year in 2012. And he knows a lot about IBMA—he’s chairman of the organization’s board. In his first role, he was looking to put together a new

  • Gospel Choices #3 – Jon Weisberger

    Here’s the third contribution of a periodical feature, where we ask bluegrass personalities to choose their top five Gospel songs. This week we hear from Jon Weisberger, who has been very thoughtful in making his choices, which are …….. 1. Bill Monroe

  • New single from Missy Werner

    With the album release still two months away, Missy Werner has dropped a second single from her upcoming record, Turn This Heart Around. It's a new song from Eric Gibson, Rocks In The River, a happy love song looking back over

  • The IBMA and its Mission Statements

    At their annual convention in September of this year, the International Bluegrass Music Association (IBMA) Board of Directors approved a new mission statement. The new statement reads ... IBMA is the trade association that connects and educates bluegrass professionals, empowers the bluegrass