Author: John Lawless

Brance and I are backstage at the Opry, getting ready to live blog tonight's International Bluegrass Music Awards. We just got word that Rhonda Vincent is feeling a bit under the weather, and won't be able to perform on the

Be sure to visit Bluegrass Today tonight for our live blog coverage of the International Bluegrass Music Awards from the Grand Ole Opry. Brance and I will be backstage, posting each new award recipient as they are announced. The show begins

Here are some random photos taken in the IBMA Exhibit Hall yesterday afternoon. See anyone you know?                

Another piece of news we picked up here at IBMA is the imminent launch of Dan Tyminski's band. All of the Union Station guys have been looking at a blank schedule for 2008, with Alison Krauss planning to take the year

We got to see a great deal of good music last night. The official IBMA showcase presentation in the main ballroom featured one strong act after another, and we managed to catch one after hours show before the travails of

The first music video from Little Mo' McCoury, Ronnie McCoury's new CD of bluegrass music for children, is now available online. It's for the song, Man Gave Names To All The Animals, and it's a real hoot. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VIiUX2h7cDI

Good morning from Nashville. Brance and I just had a chance to be a part of radio history. Katy Daley, whose morning bluegrass show is broadcast each morning on both BluegrassCountry.org and WAMU HD-2, is here at IBMA doing the show

After dinner, we trekked back up to the Rural Rhythm suite to catch the newest iteration of Mountain Heart perform live. I had heard some live tracks of the band since Josh Shilling joined as a vocalist, but had not

We spent part of our lunch hour today visiting with Carrie Hassler and the folks at Rural Rhythm Records. One of the hardest things about trying to keep to a schedule at IBMA is the fact that any trip from point

I had a chance to talk this afternoon with Audie Blaylock, who has reformed his band, Redline, and is accepting dates for 2008 and beyond. His split with Michael Cleveland came too late in the year for Audie to make