As most folks know, the IBMA Board of Directors meets regularly throughout the year to make the important decisions that help to propel the organization forward. This group, which represents some of bluegrass music’s best practitioners and most invested personalities,
While we would like to think bluegrass people are all about bluegrass music 24 hours a day, it’s simply not true. Sometimes you have to take time away from the music to do other things – you know, like eat
As per usual, your dutiful Bluegrass Today staff will be on hand throughout the 2017 World Of Bluegrass week in Raleigh, NC. The IBMA's annual convention starts tomorrow (September 26) at the Raleigh Convention Center, running through the big Awards
Claire Ratliff was at this past weekend's Carolina In The Fall Music and Food Festival, in her capacity as publicist for host band, The Kruger Brothers. She shared these photos of several of the stage performers in Wilkesboro, NC.
So how did Indiana dobro man Andy Ruff score two gigs at the same time? The answer is less complicated than you might guess. Owing to a band sharing arrangement between Nathan Stanley and The Bluegrass Outlaws, Andy is now playing
Little Roy & Lizzy at the 2017 Nothin' Fancy Bluegrass Festival - photo © Bill Warren Friday was another beautiful day at the Nothin’ Fancy Bluegrass Festival. “Sweet Brenda” has handled the evening MC work, and Calvin (aka Him) has handled
We received this note today from Joy McReynolds, wife of bluegrass mandolin legend Jesse McReynolds. He was hospitalized on Wednesday suffering from severe abdominal pain, where doctors performed surgery to repair a ruptured aneurysm. The surgery is said to have gone
The Infamous Stringdusters at the 2017 Rhythm & Roots Reunion - photo by Teresa Gereaux Bristol Rhythm and Roots Reunion was true to its roots. There was one moment from the Jesse McReynolds and the Virginia Boys set on Sunday afternoon
Mike Barnett was already a well-regarded musician before accepting the fiddle gig recently with Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder. His first album was released while he was just 14, and while attending the Berklee College of Music he was invited
Jeff Scroggins & Colorado at the 2017 Nothin' Fancy Bluegrass Festival - photo © Bill Warren Thursday was a beehive of activity at Glen Maury Park in Buena Vista, Virginia as the stage show of the 17th Nothin’ Fancy Bluegrass Festival
