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Our own intrepid correspondent, Richard Thompson , spent a week in Nashville in early October, having traveled from the UK to attend the IBMA convention. It was his first trip to IBMA in 20 years, and we thought that his

Koch Records has announced the release yesterday (11/11), of Charlie Daniels And Friends Live From Nashville concert video. The DVD, Preachin', Prayin', Singin',  features the likes of Mac Wiseman, Earl, Gary and Randy Scruggs, Del, Ronnie and Rob McCoury as well

We brought you news in September that European World of Bluegrass Festival was accepting band applications. The deadline for that application process is fast approaching. Applications must be received by November 20th for consideration. The festival is scheduled to take place May

The management of the famous Nashville, Tennessee, bluegrass music venue, The Station Inn, is having a fund-raising concert. J T Gray, the owner of the club on 12th Avenue South, has organized a show, which will take place on November 19,

Rich Hersberger, the Secretary of the Bean Blossom Jamboree Foundation (BBJF), has announced that the fund raising efforts to help buy the Indiana music park previously owned and managed by Bill Monroe realized nearly $5,000 during the recent Uncle Pen

A benefit concert is scheduled for next weekend (11/16) for popular Kentucky musician and singer, Vicki Simmons, who suffered a stroke while hospitalized for treatment of a brain aneurysm during the summer of 2008. Vicki was a founding member of The

Our own intrepid correspondent, Richard Thompson , spent a week in Nashville in early October, having traveled from the UK to attend the IBMA convention. It was his first trip to IBMA in 20 years, and we thought that his

Circle of Friends for Jan has announced that there will be a benefit for Jan Johansson, a Bill Monroe disciple and multi-instrumentalist and fiddle teacher based in Cary, North Carolina. He also is known for giving fiddle workshops and instruction alongside

We still have a lot of folks checking out the 2008 IBMA Red Carpet interview videos, but since they have moved off the front page, it isn't easy to find them all in one place. If you missed them earlier, these

With Halloween, Thanksgiving and Christmas still to come, tickets for Del McCoury's New Year's Eve have already gone on sale. McCoury Music has announced that tickets for their New Year's Eve Party at The Ryman Auditorium, Nashville, Tennessee, are available on