Author: John Lawless

LarrySparks and Del McCoury singing Those Blue Eyes Don't Sparkle Anymore. The old time way.

Russell is singing Footprints In The Snow with The Rage and guests Darrell Webb on mandolin, Andy Hall on dobro and Darrin Vincent on guitar.

The first award of the evening is for Song Of The Year, Bobby Osborne and Claire Lynch presenting. And the award goes to... Fork In The Road, by The Infamous Stringdusters - Chris Jones and John Pennell songwriters.

It's on! The Grascals are performing. Here we go...

Our intrepid IBMA fashionistas, Katy Daley and Jen Hitt have sent their first outfit of note. Jen says that they spoke with Richard Gelardin, attending from Alaska, who appeared in a striking outfit, complete with Dave Little boots, a calico

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