Events

3 Fox Drive opened with The Star Spangled Banner, and now Cherryholmes is on stage.

Brance and I are safely ensconced backstage at The Grand Ole Opry, preparing to start our live blog coverage of the 2006 International Bluegrass Music Awards. As you might presume, it's mayhem backstage with bluegrass starts flitting to and fro. Jim

Bumped back to the top: 6:20 p.m....  Just another reminder that Brance and I, ably assisted by Sharon Smith, will be offering live blog coverage of tonight's International Bluegrass Music Awards. We will be in the media room at the

Here's the second part of late night wanderings around the showcases. There was some really great music being played late last night, and I didn't even make it to any of the jam sessions happening on various floors of the

Last night I stayed up late to sample the offerings at the afterhours showcases here at IBMA. I had a great time, though I am dragging just a little this morning. The first act I caught last night was David

Last night John and I attended a showcase hosted by Marty Raybon and his band Full Circle. The show was a media event, by invitation only, designed to generate the kind of post I'm writing right now. While I've known

Surely a highlight of IBMA week for me so far was the showcase performance last night from Chris Thile & How To Grow A Band. (more photos here) Regular readers of Bluegrass Today will have noted that I have expressed great

Yesterday I participated in a panel discussion here at IBMA about Internet Promotions: Myspace and beyond. I have to say I was pleasantly surprised by the turnout. In past years the panels I've been a part of, whether as a

One of the folks I had a chance to speak with yesterday was Chris Pandolfi, banjo player with The Infamous Stringdusters. He told me that their new CD is on track for an early '07 release on Sugar Hill Records,

This post is a contribution from Casey Henry. Casey is the daughter of banjo player and bluegrass entrepreneur, Murphy Henry, and an accomplished banjo player in her own right, as well as an experienced instructor. Currently Casey and her brother