Events

  • A Seminar Sampling

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    One of the things that IBMA promotes heavily is education---the music, and about the music business. To that end they have a wide variety of seminars throughout the week on topics ranging from the technical side of the music ("New

  • Tuesday night photos

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    Here is a gallery of photos from last night's (9/29) IBMA festivities. We are very fortunate this year to have Dean Hoffmeyer shooting for us during World Of Bluegrass. He is a Pulitzer-nominated photographer with The Richmond Times Dispatch, and his

  • IBMA: Tuesday night

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    Just a quick update to say there is a ton of great bluegrass music being played this year. I saw three bands last night, all excellent. First, John and I were able to catch a Mountain Heart show. The band performed

  • Monday Town Hall seminar

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    Monday morning, I was honored to participate in an IBMA seminar entitled State Of The Industry: Open Forum. It was moderated by Archie Warnock, and the panelists also included Brandi Hart of The Dixie Bee-Liners and Ronnie Reno, founder of

  • IBMA 2009 Video Interview: Del McCoury

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    Yesterday, soon after arrival here at IBMA, John and I were able to spend a few moments with Del McCoury to discuss a soon to be released CD. John asked the questions, Del did most of the talking, and I was

  • IBMA After Hours – Monday night

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    The convention center was hopping last night for the late-night showcases, as it always is. It's impossible to see all the bands play, or even to see everyone that you want to, so I generally settle for a representative sampling.

  • Josh Williams Band – powerful stuff

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    Again, the frustration of not being able to catch all the showcase performers... Downloading the Gold Heart photos last night, I missed Darin and Brooke Aldridge and Spring Creek, both of whom I had hoped to see. Darin and Brooke just

  • Gold Heart at IBMA

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    There is so much going on here all day at IBMA that there is no hope of ever catching it all. Brance and I had a great interview with Del McCoury (which we'll get up as soon as we can), but

  • Awards Show should be a doozy

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    I had a nice chat last night with Cindy Baucom, who along with Chris Stuart, is producing Thursday's International Bluegrass Music Awards show at The Ryman Auditorium. From her description - and level of enthusiasm - it sounds like it

  • Big doin's at IBMA

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    There are a number of big events we are looking forward to attending at IBMA this week, outside of the wealth of activity on the official schedule. We have video interviews set up with Del McCoury and Sam Bush to talk