• CMT Pickin’ Party at IBMA

    The folks at CMT.com, the online home of Nashville's Country Music Television network (CMT), will once again host a CMT Pickin' Party during IBMA's Fan Fest. The event will run from 2:00 - 7:00 p.m. on Friday, September, 29 at

  • IBMA events listing

    Last month, we mentioned that we were once again setting up a searchable database of IBMA week events on Bluegrass Today. It will include all the official IBMA events, plus the after hours showcases and as many off-site events as

  • Awards Poll Update – 9/11/06

    Here's this week's update and report on the ongoing Awards Poll. Last week just over 10% of the registered users had voted in the poll. This week the number of voters has increased to 16%. During this week new registrations here

  • Violin Shop Concerts, Vol II

    We also heard last week from Fred Carpenter, who runs The Violin Shop in Nashville. He shared some of his plans for IBMA week later this month, which will include their participation during the Grand Masters Fiddle Contest (9/28-29), and

  • Awards Poll Update – 9/4/06

    After all the fun we had last year with our Awards Poll, we're off and running again this year with our 2nd annual Bluegrass Blog Awards Poll. If you haven't registered and voted yet, please join the fun. As of this

  • Bluegrass Today Awards Poll 2006

    Just as we did last year, Bluegrass Today is hosting an online poll that mirrors the final IBMA Awards ballot. Visitors to our site can cast their vote for any of the nominees, and see how their choices stack up

  • World Of Bluegrass ’06 – some previews

    As we did last year, we will be publishing the full schedule for IBMA's World Of Bluegrass and Fan Fest in a searchable, printable format here on Bluegrass Today. This will allow attendees to pre-plan both their daytime and after-hours

  • Send us your ’06 IBMA event schedule

    A quick note for any organizations, associations, artists, agencies or companies sponsoring events during the IBMA World Of Bluegrass in Nashville next month: We will again this year be compiling and posting the full IBMA week schedule on Bluegrass Today. This

  • IBMA Press Conference Video

    Before we leave for our long trip home here's a video of the IBMA press conference. As John has previously posted we had some issues with the internet connectivity here at the hotel, but we've got those straightened out and