2017 IBMA’s Songwriter Showcase participants announced

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The International Bluegrass Music Association has announced its selections for the 2017 Songwriter Showcase, to be held at this year’s World of Bluegrass in Raleigh. Participants in the showcase are chosen by the IBMA’s Songwriter Showcase Committee from material submitted by the writers themselves. Eleven writers and writing teams were selected this year from 115 submissions.

Songwriters who will be participating in the showcase include:

  • Dawn Kenney and David Morris
  • Eben Salter
  • Kim Robins
  • Mike Swartzentruber
  • Corrina Rose Logston
  • Vickie Vaughn
  • Steve Bonafel
  • Gary Alan Ferguson and G.K. Young
  • Madeleine Kelson
  • Mike Finders
  • Aaron Bibelhauser

The Songwriter Showcase will be held at the Raleigh Convention Center’s Master Workshop Stage at 1:00 p.m. on Thursday, September 28. The IBMA encourages fellow songwriters, artists, and anyone who loves a good song to attend.

Congratulations, writers!

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John Curtis Goad

John Curtis Goad is a musician, writer, and educator based in Eastern Kentucky, specializing in Appalachian music. A graduate of East Tennessee State University’s Bluegrass, Old-Time, and Country Music Studies program, he also holds three Master of Arts degrees—Appalachian Studies, Liberal Studies, and Teaching—with thesis work focused on Appalachian music and literature. He is a former member of the International Bluegrass Music Association Board of Directors. A multi-instrumentalist, he plays upright bass with the David Parmley Band and regularly fills in with Ralph Stanley II and the Clinch Mountain Boys, among others. His 2015 release, Regina, reached no. 6 on the Bluegrass Today National Airplay Chart.

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