Author: John Lawless

When we first got to Nashville on Monday afternoon, Brance and I were able to stop by the studios of XM Satellite Radio's Bluegrass Junction at the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum, and meet with host Kyle Cantrell.

The following is a Guest Contribution from Mike Wagner and Patrick Skerrett, who up until quite recently ran the popular live audio file trading site, Bluegrassbox.com. Their site has been discussed a good bit of late, starting with a Guest

One other set of award nominees were announced at today's IBMA press conference, the ones officially designated as "Special Awards." The following awards are determined by special procedures and committees are enlisted to review recommendations, consider nominations related to the

In addition to the nominees for the International Bluegrass Music Awards, this morning's press conference also announced the two inductees into the IBMA's Hall Of Honor this year. First to be announced is The Lewis Family, widely described as "America's First

Our good buddy Dave Carney was with us this morning at the IBMA Awards Nominations press conference, and shot some photos of the proceedings. He got a few of The Grascals and Alecia Nugent performing, of Doyle Lawson and Rhonda

The International Bluegrass Music Assocaiation has announced the nominees for the 17th Annual International Bluegrass Music Awards. The nominations are more evenly spread among prominent acts this year, with no one running away with the lead. Repeating as last year's most

We posted last month about the new CD by Don Rigsby & Midnight Call, Hillbilly Heartache. CMT.com did a nice feature on Don over the weekend, where they discuss his career in bluegrass music with such headliners as The Bluegrass

We have posted previously about some faculty changes for this year's Roanoke Bluegrass Weekend, and about the scholarship program for young bluegrass pickers. The instructor shakeups have caused a delay in printing and mailing the RBW brochure, and the deadline

You can find a list of the winners from this past weekend's Old Fiddler's Convention in Galax, VA on the official festival web site. This year was the 71st annual event held in Galax, a convention that draws thousands of

The IBMA will announce the nominees for the 2006 International Bluegrass Music Awards on Tuesday (8/15) at 10:00 a.m. Brance and I will be covering the press conference in Nashville, and will post a complete list of nominees, along with