Author: Brance

Jon Glik's fiddle playing can be heard on some of my favorite records. Anyone who knows me, knows I'm a huge Del McCoury fan. Don't Stop The Music may be my all time favorite McCoury album, and Glik's fiddle plays

Not long ago we told you about all the excitement on the set when Randy Kohrs was shooting his newest music video. I had a chance to watch the video the other day at IBMA and got a copy on

It's time now for our annual recap of the IBMA Awards and a comparison to our unofficial poll. Here are the results. Award IBMA Winner Blog Poll Winner

Missy Raines wrote in this morning to offer some additional thanks she was unable to give during the award show last night due to time constraints. I've copied her comments below. Dear folks, I am so honored to have received the

Yesterday John and I had the chance to sit down with the guys from Steep Canyon Rangers and conduct a short interview. We video taped it and I've uploaded here. The guys spend some time discussing this past year and how

The awards show is over, but IBMA continues. In an effort to contain the awards show live blog, so that it doesn't overwhelm the main page, I've moved all those posts to their own special page. You can now read the

Well folks, that's it for the night. Sam just closed the event out with some closing comments. The winners are back stage grinning, shaking, and hugging. The celebration will continue into the night I'm sure. As for us, we're heading

Sam Bush, our host for the evening has now been joined on stage by his band, consisting of Byron House, Scott Vestal, Stephen Mougin, and Chris Brown. They are throwning down on a lively version of Bringing in the Georgia Mail. Nobody

J.D. Crowe & The New South are on stage at this moment performing a good bluegrass number for the folks. Dwight McCall is singing lead on Just Loving You with Ron Stewart and Ricky Wasson completing the trio.

Just back from a commercial break, Bradley Walker is now on stage rendering a tune for the audience. He's cutting down on Life or Love with an all star band around him. Jim Van Cleve, Rob Ickes, Alicia Nugent, Carl Jackson,